Mi'kmaq Matters

The federal government of Canada and the Federation of Newfoundland Indians are set to meet on December 11 and 12, signalling the beginning of the next stages of the enrolment process. Qalipu councillor Frank Skeard tells us what to expect.

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During the Abbott case, expected to be heard early next year, the federal court will determine whether the points system used to decide Qalipu membership was legal.

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This week, we speak with Chief Misel Joe and historian William Wicken about how Qalipu members can gain hunting and fishing rights. This requires getting around the Drew decision, which found that ancestors of the Mi'kmaq in Miawpukek arrived on the south coast with the Europeans. According to the government, this means Qalipu members have no Aboriginal or treaty rights.

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As the new Central Vice-Chief, Randy Drover will be one member of a three-person executive council that will run the Qalipu band between council meetings and decide what's included—and excluded—from the agenda.

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After a brutal three years, Brendan Mitchell has been re-elected chief of Qalipu First Nation. His new council will be dominated by allies, and the enrolment issue safely at a distance in the courts.

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Russell, a candidate for chief of the Qalipu First Nation, says, like many other band members, he doesn't know much about Mi'kmaw culture but will learn on the job.

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Mayor Tom Rose would rather no urban reserve be built then see the planned development suck business out of Stephenville.

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Jasen Benwah was unopposed in the last election, but this time he's facing Michael Alexander. This week, they both join us to talk about their campaigns.

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This week, we take a look at the candidates for the 2018 Qalipu election. With three members of the extended White family of Flat Bay in the running, only two of the other candidates are women.And later in the show, the Assembly of First Nation's Regional Chief Morley Googoo talks to us about repairing Qalipu relationship with other Mi'kmaq.

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Greg Janes and Ed Brake describe their emotional meeting with the Minister of Veterans Affairs, Seamus O'Regan, this past Thursday. Brake, a retired RCMP officer returned his service medal to the Minister to protest the loss of status.

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