Opinion: Salary disclosures aren’t helping – Vancouver Sun

First Nations: Transparency measures are well intended, but are having a negative impact

August 25, 2015

Much ado is being made about the compensation and salaries of chiefs within B.C.’s First Nations. These disclosures have been made to the federal government because of the First Nations Financial Transparency Act, which took effect last year, and requires the 600 or so bands across the country to publicly file audited financial statements, as well as the remuneration and expenses for chiefs and council members. Previously, First Nations were required to file this information with the federal government, and most of them posted it internally, but it was not made public.

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