There’s some pretty shocking figures discovered by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation as to the salaries some chiefs make. If they’re true, it’s pretty disgraceful. It will be interesting to see what the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) will do about it, if anything, considering it’s an entity made up entirely of chiefs from across Canada.
At least 82 reserve politicians are paid more than the prime minister of Canada, and 222 others are paid more than their provinces’ premiers. One chief in Atlantic Canada collected $978,468 tax-free. The average income of natives on Canada’s reserves, meanwhile, is about $15,000 a year.
Here’s a link to the original Montreal Gazette article.
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