Kahnawake Canada Relations process gets three year extension

06/02/2015

The Mohawk Council of Kahnaw�:ke (MCK) wishes to inform the community that the federal government has agreed to extend the Kahnaw�:ke/Canada Relations process for a second three-year period.

The Kahnaw�:ke Canada Relations process was first signed as a Memorandum of Understanding on February 16, 2012 by Grand Chief Michael Ahr�hron Delisle, Jr. and then-Minister of Aboriginal Affairs John Duncan. It was created as a means of developing approaches and options for land management in Kahnaw�:ke and responding to issues regarding Membership.

�The notice of the extension was signed by the current Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, Bernard Valcourt,� said Grand Chief Michael Ahr�hron Delisle, Jr. �We�re hopeful that this is a first step towards much needed face-to-face discussions with the Minister himself on the issues we need to address.�

The new agreement expires in June 2018.