Editorial: SNEC lawsuit a waste of dollars…again!

It doesn’t matter who wins…Six Nations people will end up the losers…again! The Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) is seeking to be added to a lawsuit started by two individual Six Nations community members that could end up costing the community millions in legal fees before it is done. Money that could have gone to housing. Money that could have gone roads or a finance program to help community members hook up to the water line. Instead, it will again be lost to lawyers and do nothing but create more division within Six Nations. What SNEC is now hoping to do, if the courts allow it, is take another kick at the can to change the community’s history. SNEC is trying to claim it is the “sole successor” to the…

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