Cree youth council votes its chief out of office – CBC

Aug 27, 2015

Unprecedented non-confidence vote splits youth delegates 27 to 15

The Cree Nation Youth Council, which represents youth from all nine Cree communities in Northern Quebec, has voted to dismiss its elected Youth Grand Chief, Joshua Iserhoff.

In a press release today, the CNYC said the unprecedented non-confidence vote came after an in-camera session at the youth council’s annual general assembly on August 16 in Waswanipi.

“I believe that the allegations against me are untrue,” Joshua Iserhoff wrote in a statement released today.

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