First Nation Chiefs recommend further regional discussions on AFN reforms
March 30, 2006 - 8:47pm | by Anonymous
From http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060329.NATS29-1/TPStory/National
Native chiefs to delay reforms, ask for debate
BILL CURRY - March 29, 2006
Ottawa -- Final sign-off from native chiefs on reforms such as an aboriginal auditor-general and a one-person-one-vote system for electing the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations will have to wait until at least July, as chiefs opted to strike a new panel to hammer out the details.
Chiefs from across the country wrapped up a three-day meeting in Gatineau a day early by giving full consensus to a general motion stating that the details of the proposals should be debated in the regions before a possible decision at the next meeting of chiefs in Vancouver in July.