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First Nations Successfully call on Saskatchewan to rescind income assistance policy

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The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says it is frustrated with the federal and provincial government's financial policy that withholds income assistance from First Nation citizens who receive per capita distributions from settlements of more than $15,000.

"When our chiefs signed the treaty in the 1800s, one of them was exemption from taxation. Those treaties are sacred covenants… Those papers are of international law," FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron said Tuesday.
"What they've done is this unilateral decision. No communication, unbeknownst to any chief, unbeknownst to the FSIN. How they're taxing the poorest of the poor.
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From the 21st: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sask...ds-income-assistance-for-recipients-1.7035232

The calls on the government seem to have worked as reported on the 22nd: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sask...stribution-payments-for-fn-citiznes-1.7036739

Not used to seeing any provincial government implement changes this quickly, thought I'd share as it's not often we get good news about Canadian policy towards First Nations.
 
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