432-01198 (Indigenous affairs)

We, the undersigned concerned citizens of the Mattawa/North Bay Algonquin First Nation Community, call upon the Honourable Minister Marc Miller to take action on the following:

• unfairness & discriminatory selection of memberships by the Algonquin Nation, their consultant Joan Holmes Associates Inc., their solicitor Mr Pott;
• review all memberships revoked based on April 2020 PROPOSED BENEFICIARY CRITERIA with contradicting interpretation from the consultant office and the Mattawa/North Bay community office. There was no input from the members as required under section 10(2). Memberships were revoked under this Proposed Beneficiary Criteria (some had their membership for 10+ years);
• all chiefs to comply with the same criteria as the members including proof of documentation on their Algonquin ancestry to be verified by an independent genealogist;
• delay election of members of council until membership discrepancies has been rectified;
• Appeals to be heard prior to the next election in order to allow successful appeal individuals the right to vote and not suppressed;
• re-instate membership to members that were qualified prior to the PROPOSED BENEFICIARY CRITERIA as per section 10 (4) re:- Acquired rights;
• Mattawa/North Bay Algonquin community, and consultant should be audited for funding of expenditures for possible misuse of funds;
• refrain from finalizing the existing agreement in principle between the Algonquins of Ontario, Federal and Provincial governments until all concerns have been resolved;
• members to retain their membership until a thorough review of the aforementioned concerns have been resolved;
• investigate why the decision of a board of appeal was overturned by the enrolment officer;
• investigate the reason why some members of the same family with the same genealogy have been approved while others have not?