Six Nations Elected Council costs hit record high

Six Nations audit: own source revenues still keeps band afloat By Lynda Powless Editor Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) is getting better about releasing its audits. The 2024-2025 audit is only three months late compared to last year when it was quietly dropped on the band’s website six months’ late. Sources told Turtle Island News Elected Chief Sherri-Lyn Hill had to be prodded by councillors to release the audit this year. The current audit belies the picture shown of an operation in the black. Instead, the audit shows while the Six Nations band received $121,356,655 in federal, provincial and Indigenous Services Canada funds in the 2024-2025 year, its expenses hit $135,309,518. Six Nations own source revenues kicked in hitting $45,311,695 keeping the band out of a deficit that could have…

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