Kahnawà:ke proposes road tolls in retaliation to $4.5 billion federal budget cuts to Indigenous Services Canada – CityNews
August 5, 2025
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) is condemning federal budget cuts that could slash 15 per cent of Indigenous Services Canada’s (ISC) budget over the next three years – calling it racialized austerity.
At a press conference in Kahnawà:ke, south of Montreal, on Tuesday, Grand-Chief Cody Diabo says the community is exploring retaliatory measures, including implementing tolls on highways that run through the territory.
“We have to assess the best locations and really assess overall, there’s 120,000 vehicles easily that travel through our territory a day, encumbering our citizens, putting a burden on our resources, and polluting our air,” he said.
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