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Council chiefs in Ontario have approved an $8.5 billion region-specific deal for long-term reform of child and family services, leaving other communities unclear on the future for reform elsewhere in Turtle Island.

One of Canada’s leading child welfare experts says that Canada has committed “a huge breach of good faith negotiations” after the government announced that it would not be participating in national negotiations on a $47.8 billion settlement deal regarding child welfare, instead pursuing discussions for a deal with only chiefs in Ontario.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) will continue working to establish a better relationship with the Conservatives, especially now that prime minister Justin Trudeau has announced he’ll soon be resigning.

The patrol of local highways largely used by non-locals takes up a major chunk of the Kahnawake Peacekeepers’ resources. Accidents along Route 207 and Highway 138 happen on a weekly basis, and the work the police force has to dedicate to preventing fatalities isn’t being fairly compensated for by the province, according to many on the Council table.

Quebec signed a historic agreement in Montreal with the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) today, one both parties hope will pave the way for a more constructive relationship moving forward.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) wasn’t consulted about the Northvolt electric car battery plant because it couldn’t demonstrate the project would harm the community’s ability to practice “ancestral activities” on the land located in the Monteregie.  That’s according to a sworn statement sent to Quebec Superior Court in late November by a regional director employed by Quebec’s environmental ministry (MELCCFP).   “To the knowledge of the MELCCFP, no ancestral Aboriginal activities linked to hunting, trapping, gathering, harvesting medicinal plants, or ceremonial practices have been practiced on the Northvolt project site, at least since the industrial use of the site, which began in 1878,” Stéphanos Bitzakidis wrote.

Council chiefs have decided their priorities for the next three years in office, following surveys carried out earlier this fall.

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) could soon be signed between the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) and Quebec, Cody Diabo shared with The Eastern Door.

After Assembly of First Nations (AFN) members voted down a $47.8 billion settlement agreement to fund the reform of on-reserve child and family services, the Kanesatake Health Center (KHC)

A proposed $47.8 billion settlement agreement for a 10-year reform of First Nations child and family services in the country was shot down last week, after 267 chiefs and proxies voted against it at a special chiefs assembly hosted by the Assembly of First Nations (AFN).