Subhead:Jennifer Laewetz is raising concerns over a dire lack of transparency surrounding the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan and tells The Gunn Show that she feels “a sense of responsibility” to raise awareness about potential corruption, given the significant amount of federal funding directed toward the Indigenous group.#
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Numerous activists were hit with cease-and-desist letters after raising concerns about a lack of transparency from the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan. Jennifer Laewetz, a former Conservative staffer and status Indian, was among those seeking answers from the Métis Nation.
Laewetz joined Sheila Gunn Reid on this week’s edition of The Gunn Show to detail the attempts to silence her criticism.
A key focus for Laewetz has been ensuring Indigenous groups like the Métis Nation are taking the support provided by the federal government “and actually legitimately creating long-term sustainable solutions.”
In the case of the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan, she explained how the suspension of her local regional director — until she apologized to the CEO — raised a flag.
“That’s where alarm bells started going off,” Laewetz said. “A CEO in an Indigenous governance is already unique in itself, because that’s not typical in government structures, in federal politics, provincial politics and Indigenous government.”
