Posted: Mar 05, 2021 7:35 AM AT | Last Updated: March 5
Sipekne katik fishers working on St. Marys Bay in November. (CBC)
Nova Scotia Mi kmaw chiefs reacted in unified opposition Thursday to conditions set this week by the federal government for an Indigenous moderate livelihood fishery.
They say the terms required for Fisheries and Oceans authorization were imposed without adequate consultation or scientific justification. Our nation is shocked by what the minister said. For them to make a unilateral decision without consultation was extremely shocking, said Chief Gerald Toney, of the Annapolis Band, at a virtual news conference. We are frustrated. All 13 communities are very disappointed with what has taken place, said Chief Sidney Peters, of Glooscap First Nation.
Nova Scotia First Nation wants to get into tax collection business
The Glooscap First Nation in the Annapolis Valley hopes to start collecting taxes from non-Indigenous businesses April 1.
Social Sharing It s just another way of trying to bring in a few extra dollars of revenue to help the community out
Posted: Jan 20, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: January 20
Chief Sidney Peters is the leader of Glooscap First Nation. (Dalhousie University)
A small Nova Scotia First Nation is poised to start collecting property taxes in April from non-Indigenous businesses located on land it purchased for commercial development in the Annapolis Valley.
Chief Sidney Peters of the Glooscap First Nation says it s about self-reliance.