Where does the Centre get its funding?
The Centre is supported by new dollars from federal Treasury Board Funding. It will provide a full and regular financial accounting of the use of funds both to our own people and the federal government. Private support for a Centre of this nature is virtually non-existent. The general public and most First Nations have little experience, knowledge or understanding with regard to the issue of self governance. Yet, it is a critical issue if First Nations are going to recover from the impact of colonialism and the Indian Act and seek a destiny of their own making. The lack of healthy, self-governing nations takes a terrible toll. If we are going to eliminate poverty and dependence then we must invest now to move ourselves out of the current situation. Federal investment in the Centre is necessary to start the work we need to help our communities recover our own systems of governance and become healthy and self-reliant once again. It is anticipated that in five years the importance of self
