KLCC approves Urgent Process for proposed Residency Law

01/17/2017

The Kahnaw�:ke Legislative Coordinating Commission would like to inform the community that a proposed Kahnaw�:ke Residency Law will proceed onto the Legislative Calendar and has been categorized as Type I � Urgent.

While there have been three requests for the creation of a Residency Law, the most recent request was based on the implications of the Quebec Superior Court�s Descheneaux Decision and the time constraints caused by impending changes to Canada�s Indian Act. This made the need for Kahnaw�:ke legislation both urgent and a priority.

The Proponent of the proposed law, Iets�nhaienhs Rhonda Kirby, has already begun front-end work on the Information Dissemination process. Once this is completed, the Community will be asked to decide whether to give a mandate to proceed with the proposed legislation. Dates should be announced in the near future.