The financial statements for the Attawapiskat Nation are available on line for anyone to see http://www.attawapiskat.org/financial-statements/. If Stephen Harper wanted to see what happened to the money he could have looked there or asked his staff (who were co-managing the finances) what happened to the money. A quick check of salaries showed the chief at less than $70,000 per year, and councillors ranging from just over $73,000 to about $12,000 in 2011. The education board members were paid between $12,100 and $6,800 in 2011. Nothing out of line there.
Looking at the consolidated program schedule, it looks like the majority of the funding when to education, community development, and health, with a little less than 10% going to administration. Chronic debt load is an issue.
The statements include a very helpful management letter indicating where improvements could be made, especially in budget planning and collection of accounts payable, but nothing was outrageous.
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