The First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB) and the First Nations Tax Commission (FNTC) call on the leader of the NDP, Jagmeet Singh, to meet regarding systemic changes necessary to accompany new investments in First Nations infrastructure.
This follows recent a letter written by Harold Calla, Executive Chair, FMB, and C.T. (Manny) Jules, Chief Commissioner FNTC, to the Prime Minister about the need to establish the First Nations Infrastructure Institute. The central point of that letter was that "The systems that First Nations are required to operate under to build and maintain their infrastructure are fundamentally flawed, and until they are fixed the outcomes will also be flawed." This point is particularly important in the context of the Supply and Confidence Agreement announced between the Liberal and New Democratic parties.
Call for NDP to Meet Regarding Systemic Infrastructure Changes