Quebec aboriginal community sues Ottawa, third-party managers for $30 million – Toronto Star
The Algonquins of Barriere Lake First Nation are suing the Canadian government and two third-party managers for $30 million in damages, claiming breach of fiduciary duty.
Feb 03 2015
OTTAWA—A Quebec aboriginal community is suing the federal government and two third-party managers for $30 million in damages, claiming they have suffered irreparable harm while being kept in the dark about their financial situation.
Algonquins of Barriere Lake First Nation is one of 28 communities that have yet to submit its financial information to be posted online as required by the First Nations Financial Transparency Act, which resulted in Ottawa withholding funding for non-essential services as a sanction.
The community argues, in a statement of claim filed at the Ontario Superior Court in Toronto last Friday, it was unable to comply because the federal government and Hartel Financial Management Corp., which has been its third-party manager since April 1, 2013, has not provided the band council with all the information it would need in order to do so.
