Six Nations Elected Council questioning new system

Six Nations councillors are having a hard time understanding or making use of the committee system. Some Six Nations Elected Councillors (SNEC) questioned the equity of the division of labour amongst the committees, believing there is more on their plate than others at the General Council meeting on August 27. After the November 2024 election SNEC moved to the committee system in March. At the time Elected Chief Sherri Lyn Hill said committees were to meet once a month to discuss routes to political advocacy for departments, projects and community members. Councillor Melba Thomas said the current system has too many members sitting on committees like systems administration and not enough on others like education. “We appear to be unbalanced in the portfolio system. Some committees have two people, which…

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