By paNOW Staff

Feds to introduce bill aimed at First Nations transparency

Nov 23, 2011 | 5:50 AM

Reported by Canadian Press

The federal government is bringing in legislation to make hundreds of First Nations across Canada release the salaries of their chiefs and band councillors.

The Winnipeg Free Press said in a report out of Ottawa that Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan will speak to the details of the bill at a news conference Wednesday in Saskatoon.

The legislation brings back to life a bill from a Saskatchewan Tory backbencher that died when the election was called last March.

Kelly Block's bill required First Nations to include details of chief and councillors salaries and reimbursements for expenses in annual audited financial statements.

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If the information isn't made public by the end of November each year, the minister would have legal authority to make it public.

Duncan's office would not comment on the legislation until after it is introduced.