From Canada: Is This What They Mean By White Privilege?

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[Paul Fromm of CAFE in Canada sent me this. Jan]

POLITICIANS and FIRST NATIONS CHIEFS & BAND COUNCIL MEMBERS REMUNERATION

The City of Thompson, Manitoba with 13,446 residents pay their Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Council Members at total of $80,474.45 annually for taxable salaries and per diems (the Mayor’s annual indemnity is $29,745.45 per annum, Council Members are paid $9,915.15 per annum and the Deputy Mayor gets $11,068.40 per annum).

That seems fair ….

NOW THIS …. which is SO DISTURBING.

Brokenhead Ojibway Nation with a registered population of 1,918 are paying their FN Chief and Band Council Members a total of $415,357 in TAX-FREE salaries and per diems PLUS $1,557,766 in tobacco and fuel tax rebates.

Long Plains First Nation @ Portage La Prairie with a registered population of 813 paying their FN Chief and Band Council Members a total of $539,918 in tax-free salaries and per diems.

Little Grand Rapids First Nation with a registered population of 1,590 are paying their FN Chief and Band Council Members a total of $706,182 in tax-free salaries and per diems.

Buffalo Point First Nation with a registered population of 126 are paying their FN Chief and Band Council Members a total of $300,000 in tax-free salaries and per diems.

Shoal Lake No. 40 First Nation in Ontario with a registered on-reserve population of 293 people paid their FN Chief and Band Council $267,799 in tax-free salaries, never mind the $58,930 in tax-free expenses.

Mathias Colomb First Nation with a registered population of 3,192 are paying their FN Chief and Band Council Members a total of $601,726 in tax-free salaries and per diems.

Samson Cree First Nation with a registered population of 8,059 are paying their FN Chief and Band Council Members a total of $2,149,998 in tax-free salaries and per diems ($266.78 per capita).

Fort McKay First Nation with a registered population of 827 (It’s not a typo, it’s 827) paying their FN Chief and Band Council Members a total of $2,067,098 in tax-free salaries and per diems, never mind the $151,428 in travel expenses ($2,499.51 per capita). Chief Jim Boucher was paid an annual tax-free salary of $644,441 tax-free ($53,703 per month) and tax-free expenses of $35,359 ($2,947 per month) as well as tax-free other remuneration $25,000 ($2,083 per month) ohhh and tax-free travel expenses of $60,157 ($5,013 per month)!!!!! YES … PER MONTH!!!

Enoch Cree First Nation with a registered population of 2,469 are paying their FN Chief and Band Council Members a total of $1,159,707 in tax-free salaries and per diems never mind $84,030 in travel expenses ($503.74 per capita). They’re also paying their Board of Directors $1,511,457 in tax-free salaries and tax-free expenses.

No wonder there is so much poverty with many of OUR First Nations and Metis Brothers and Sisters …. NO Water in some places, INADEQUATE and DEPLAPATED housing, NO health Facilities, etc.

The money can’t seem to get past the Chiefs and Council Members in a lot of cases!

Source: CAFE