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Tomorrow (Saturday) is election day in Kanesatake, with polls for the 2025 Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) general elections open for the last time as the community chooses its next band council leaders.

An attempt to use the courts to thwart Saturday’s ratification vote for four community laws failed, but with only six percent of eligible voters casting a ballot, the vote was nevertheless nullified.

It’s been one year since the current Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) were elected to their current roles, and it’s a year that’s been marked with political ups and downs.

The grand chief of the Grand Council of the Crees, Norman A. Wapachee, was ecstatic on election night as his predecessor, Mandy Gull-Masty, inched past the competition and won a seat in Parliament representing the riding of Abitibi-Baie-James-Nunavik-Eeyou.

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo said that in the days following the Liberal Party of Canada winning a minority government mandate - electing, at the time of writing, 168 members of Parliament (MPs) - he is being cautious about prime minister Mark Carney and the return of the Liberals to office.

Following the conclusion of a years-long police investigation into allegations of financial misconduct against the Emergency Response Unit (ERU), which led Kanesatake’s COVID-19 response, authorities are now deciding whether criminal charges will be filed.

Kahnawa’kehró:non shouldn’t be subject to the tariffs Canada has imposed on goods purchased south of the border, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo says. 

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo said he’s concerned about a plan to build two residential towers in Chateauguay along Industrial Boulevard, speaking with the mayor of the city Éric Allard last week to denounce the project. 

There’s scarcely a more agreed upon value in Kahnawake than the need to respect and protect Mother Earth.

Let’s face it, the sanctity of the environment is one of the most pressing issues on the planet. After all, without the security of the ecosystems that sustain us, we truly have nothing.

The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) is steadfast in its summer election plans, even as calls grow louder for a June election date to be respected.