Curve Lake First Nation band council drops contentious plan to keep 30 per cent of a settlement – mykawartha.com
Community had voted to distribute money equally among band members
Curve Lake First Nation band council has dropped a plan to keep 30 per cent of a settlement of $154.4 million – instead it will allow 100 per cent of the money to be distributed equally among band members, which follows the will of a community vote that was supposed to be binding.
Band council held an emergency meeting on Thursday evening where they overturned the decision to withhold 30 per cent of the money.
Band member Iris Taylor posted to Facebook a video of herself from the meeting where she reacts to the reversal.
“They listened – we won!” she said. “Thank you! Keep the pressure on and make sure they follow through!”
