End secret salaries - Winnipeg Free Press

End secret salaries - Winnipeg Free Press

The chief and band councillors of Manitoba's O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation near St. Rose du Lac govern only slightly more than 500 people. Although the band runs a $500,000 deficit (2008-09) and carries a $1.2-million debt, it paid its chief and three band councillors between $106,000 and $144,000 each in 2008-2009. That is about as much as Canadian premiers get to run whole provinces, but it is not unusual on First Nations. Citing information obtained under an access to information request, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation reports that at least 30 First Nation chiefs across the country were paid more than Canadian provincial premiers.

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