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Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) has found a way to keep its travel costs down…at least they should be. The answer was simple. They stopped engaging in political issues. SNEC\u2019s hasn\u2019t been actively involved since the emergence of the new council. and its new leader. Rarely is a national or provincial political issues hitting the open council sessions and if it does the new council\u2019s answer seems to be to send the occasional letter. The result is the community doesn\u2019t know what the impact of Bill 5, official \u201cAn Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act,\u201d will be to Six Nations . And let\u2019s remember cuts are clearly coming if they aren\u2019t here already. Prime Minister Carney has said there… <\/p>\n

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Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) has found a way to keep its travel costs down…at least they should be. The answer was simple. They stopped engaging in political issues. SNEC\u2019s hasn\u2019t been actively involved since the emergence of the new council. and its new leader. Rarely is a national or provincial political issues hitting the open council sessions and if it does the new council\u2019s answer seems to be to send the occasional letter. The result is the community doesn\u2019t know what the impact of Bill 5, official \u201cAn Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act,\u201d will be to Six Nations . And let\u2019s remember cuts are clearly coming if they aren\u2019t here already. Prime Minister Carney has said there... <\/p>\n

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