Mr. Speaker, it gives me pleasure to table two petitions today from natives, grassroots people from the Stoney reserve in Morley, Alberta.
The petitioners are calling on Parliament to enact legislation to remove employees who are non-native being paid approximately $300,000 from the tribal affairs. They feel that the financial mismanagement is contributing a great deal to the problems that are occurring on the reserve and their state of affairs. They feel that the removal of these individuals and a reduction in the cost of this thing would be of value to them.
In the second petition, the petitioners are calling on Parliament to conduct a thorough internal investigation including an extended forensic audit going back to the 1980s on the illegal, immoral and corrupt political practices and injustices which are being committed by some Nakoda Stony tribal leaders on the reserve population, especially those who have dominated since the 1960s.
The petitioners state that this assistance would be appreciated and would help immensely in initiating remedial actions and measures into the dismal affairs that exist on the Stoney reserve in Morley.
I am pleased to table these petitions this morning on behalf of these grassroots people.