Feds Moving to Make Salaries Public

The Harper Government is bringing in legislation to make hundreds of First Nations across Canada release the salaries of their chiefs and band councillors.
The Winnipeg Free Press said in a report out of Ottawa that Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan will speak to the details of the bill at a news conference today (Wednesday) in Saskatoon.
The bill is said to require First Nations to include details of chief and councillors salaries and reimbursements for expenses in annual audited financial statements.
If the information isn’t made public by the end of November each year, the minister would have legal authority to make it public.