Indigenous
We'koqma'q L’nue’kati Chief and Council
Governs We'koqma'q L’nue’kati
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Who sits on it
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Chief
Elected
John Leonard Bernard
Chief · since October 2024
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11 councillors
Elected
Brandon Poulette
Councillor · since October 2024
Dalen Googoo
Councillor · since October 2024
Emma Lewis
Councillor · since October 2024
- GG Gordan C. Googoo Councillor · since October 2024
Jason Bernard
Councillor · since October 2024
John William Cremo
Councillor · since October 2024
Katerina Basque
Councillor · since October 2024
Matilda Googoo
Councillor · since October 2024
- SJ Stewart Brennan Peters Jr. Councillor · since October 2024
- SS Stewart Peters Sr. Councillor · since October 2024
Stuart Basque
Councillor · since October 2024
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- John Leonard Bernard as Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Brandon Poulette as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Dalen Googoo as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Emma Lewis as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Gordan C. Googoo as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Jason Bernard as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- John William Cremo as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Katerina Basque as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Matilda Googoo as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Stewart Brennan Peters Jr. as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Stewart Peters Sr. as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Stuart Basque as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
Contact
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Band office
PO Box 149, 150 Reservation Road
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Waycobah, NS B0E 3M0
What it can do
- By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81)
Makes by-laws for its reserves: health of residents, traffic, law and order, nuisances, animals, roads, water supplies and other local works, zoning and buildings, allotment of reserve land, residence on the reserve, wildlife and fish on the reserve, and trespass. Fines of up to $1,000.
- Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83)
With the Minister's approval, taxes land and interests in land on the reserve for local purposes, licenses businesses, and spends band money. Many First Nations tax property under the First Nations Fiscal Management Act instead.
- Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1)
With the consent of a majority of electors voting at a special band meeting, may prohibit the sale, supply, manufacture or possession of intoxicants on the reserve.
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Sources for what it can do
- By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81) laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
- Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83) laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
- Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1) laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
Sources
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles: band office, website, election system "First Nations Elections Act". For: We'koqma'q L’nue’kati Chief and Council
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked Band office address, phone and fax from ISC First Nation Profiles. For: Band office
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81). For: By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81)
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83). For: Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83)
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1). For: Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1)
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked Office title and number of holders listed by ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance), election system "First Nations Elections Act". For: Chief, Councillor
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2024-10-19, expiry date 2028-10-18. For: John Leonard Bernard as Chief, Brandon Poulette as Councillor, Dalen Googoo as Councillor, Emma Lewis as Councillor, Gordan C. Googoo as Councillor and 7 more
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked Date estimated from the term expiry date in ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance); not an announced election date. For: General election, October 18, 2028