After over 30 years and over 30 Six Nations Elected Council financial audits, we kinda know that audits are not only public, but “governments” are required to publicly report their spending annually to the public. In Ontario, that means to the legislature and the people of Ontario. And they do. So why is it that Six Nations Elected Council has had such difficulty in coming to terms with public accountability? The current band council hides behind closed doors more than any other council in the over three decades this newspaper has been watching them. The annual audit, an annual accounting of how they spend not only federal and provincial funds meant for various programs overseen by band departments, but it also outlines, how they spend Six Nations own source revenues….
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