Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach Annual Report 2009-10 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010 Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach | ANNUAL REPORT 2009-10 | 1 2 | Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach | ANNUAL REPORT 2009-10 Message | From the Chief On behalf of Council, I am pleased to present the Annual Report for the 2009-10 fiscal year. Through the collective efforts of Council and many individuals and organizations, we accomplished a great deal in the fiscal year under review. Some of the highlights include: • the signing of the Naskapi-Québec Partnership Agreement; • the expansion of cellular telephone service by Lynx Mobility Inc.; • the continuation of the exercise programme at the Recreation Facility to combat the increasing incidence of diabetes among our members; and • the Healing Canoe Journey and the Uashat Youth Gathering. Despite our successes and accomplishments, there are challenges that we continue to face: • the payment of rent for housing. Although there are tenants who are up-to-date with their rent payments, many have arrears. This means that Council is essentially subsidizing those tenants who have arrears rather than paying for further housing maintenance and additional house construction. All tenants, including persons living with them, are strongly encouraged to pay rent, including arrears, on a regular basis; and • vandalism to houses and public buildings. A reduction in vandalism will reduce repair costs, and the savings could then be applied to house maintenance and construction or to other community priorities. Council appeals to all community members to join together and meet these and the other challenges facing our community. We would also like to express our appreciation to everyone who helps to build and enrich our community through their active involvement in boards and committees, and to those individuals who volunteer their time to help implement community initiatives, especially those that benefit our Elders and youths. In closing, I extend condolences on behalf of Council and all Naskapis to those families who have lost loved ones over the past year – we share your loss and our prayers are with you. I offer also congratulations to families who have had the joy of a newborn child – may her or his future be bright! In peace and friendship, Chief Louis Einish Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach | ANNUAL REPORT 2009-10 | 3 4 | Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach | ANNUAL REPORT 2009-10 Table of Contents Message from the Chief 3 List of Contributors 13 List of Acronyms 15 List of Tables 19 CHAPTER One The Community 23 1.1 Demographics 23 CHAPTER Two Organizational Chart 25 CHAPTER Three Governance 27 3.1 Chief and Council 27 3.1.1 Mandates 27 3.1.2 Representation on External Bodies 28 3.1.3 Council Meetings 28 3.1.4 Other Duties 30 3.2 By-laws 30 3.3 Electors! Meetings and Referenda 31 3.4 Elders! Advisory Council 32 3.5 Emergency Preparedness Committee 32 CHAPTER Four Personnel 33 4.1 Office Employees 33 4.2 Municipal Employees 34 4.3 Other Employees 38 4.3.1 Special Projects Employees 38 4.3.2 Student Summer Employees 38 4.4 Personnel Policies 40 4.5 Salaries and Benefits 40 4.6 Personnel Committee 41 4.7 Professional and Institutional Development Initiative 41 4.8 First-aid/CPR Training 41 CHAPTER Five Volunteers 43 5.1 Volunteer Fire Department 43 5.1.1 Mandate 43 5.1.2 Volunteers 43 5.1.3 Rescue Tools 44 Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach | ANNUAL REPORT 2009-10 | 5 5.1.4 Training 44 5.1.5 Report on Fires 44 CHAPTER Six Infrastructure 45 6.1 NNK Office 45 6.2 Public Buildings 45 6.3 Heavy Equipment and Vehicles 46 6.4 Housing 47 6.4.1 Stock and Ownership 47 6.4.2 Loans 47 6.4.3 Construction 49 6.4.4 Rent 49 6.4.5 Allocation 50 6.4.6 Maintenance 51 6.4.7 New CLSC Personnel Residence 51 6.4.8 Environmental Site Assessment 51 6.4.9 CMHC Housing Initiative Internship 52 CHAPTER Seven Advisors 53 7.1 Principal Advisors 53 7.1.1 Andrew Kozina, architecte; Emond, Kozina, Mulvey, architectes; ékm architecture 53 7.1.2 Atmacinta Inc. 54 7.1.3 Bruser & Associates Inc. 55 7.1.4 Dixie Lee Mitchell, Solution Path 55 7.1.5 Hartel Financial Management Corporation 56 7.1.6 Kenneth Hilt & Associates Ltd 56 7.1.7 Paul F Wilkinson & Associates Inc. 57 7.1.8 Robert A Pratt 57 7.2 Unanticipated Funding 58 CHAPTER Eight Finances 59 8.1 Banking and Financial Administration 59 8.1.1 Fiscal Year 59 8.1.2 Banking 59 8.1.3 Revenue 59 8.1.4 Controlling Expenditures 60 8.1.5 Reporting 60 8.1.6 Borrowing 60 8.1.7 Auditing 61 8.1.8 O&M Funding 62 8.1.9 Capital Funding 62 8.2 Capital Projects 63 6 | Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach | ANNUAL REPORT 2009-10 8.3 Class Action to Recover Fuel Tax 64 CHAPTER Nine Subsidiaries and Related Entities 65 9.1 Naskapi Imuun Inc. 65 9.2 Lynx Mobility Inc. 67 9.3 Naskapi Miiywaayimuun Miichiwaahp 68 9.4 Naskapi Catering Inc. 69 9.5 Garage Naskapi Inc. 69 9.6 Kawawachikamach Energy Services Inc. 69 9.7 Tshiuetin Rail Transportation Inc. 69 9.8 LabMag Limited Partnership 70 9.9 Naskapi Caribou Meat Inc. 70 9.10 Naskapi Landholding Corporation 70 9.11 Naskapi Village of Kawawachikamach 70 CHAPTER Ten Regional Networking 71 10.1 NNK/NDC Relations 71 10.2 NNK/GoC Relations 72 10.3 NNK/GoQ Relations 72 10.3.1 Naskapi-Québec Partnership Agreement 72 10.3.2 Plan Nord 72 10.4 NNK/NIMLJ Relations 73 10.5 NNK/Inuit Relations 73 10.6 NNK/Cree Relations 74 10.7 Cree-Naskapi Commission 75 10.8 Conférence régionale des Élus de la Côte-Nord 75 10.9 Regional Commission on Natural Resources and Land 76 10.9.1 North Shore RCNRL 76 10.9.2 Kativik RCNRL 76 10.10 Pacte rural: Regional Selection Committee of Schefferville/ Kawawachikamach/Matimekush-Lac John 76 10.11 Rail Extension to Kuujjuaq 77 10.12 North Shore Regional Discussion Table on Off-road Vehicles 77 10.13 Land Claims Agreements Coalition 78 10.14 Canadian Business Ethics Research Network 78 10.15 Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources 79 CHAPTER Eleven Community and Economic Development 81 11.1 Outreach Officer 81 11.2 Training and Economic Development Officer 82 11.3 Community Economic Development Organization 82 11.3.1 Introduction 82 11.3.2 Composition 82 Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach | ANNUAL REPORT 2009-10 | 7 11.3.3 Projects 83 11.3.4 Financial Report 84 11.4 Naskapi Local Management Board 85 11.4.1 Introduction 85 11.4.2 Composition 85 11.4.3 Programmes 85 11.4.4 Financial Report 87 11.5 FNIYES – Summer Employment 88 11.6 Cost of Living 88 11.7 Fuel Distribution Partnership 89 11.8 Snowmobile Trail 90 11.9 Schefferville Dump 91 11.10 Cable TV Distribution 91 11.11 Air Transportation 92 11.12 Social Assistance Programme 92 CHAPTER Twelve Mining 93 12.1 Mining Exploration 93 12.1.1 New Millennium Capital Corp. 93 12.1.2 Labrador Iron Mines Limited 95 12.1.3 Adriana Resources Inc. 95 12.1.4 Champion Minerals Inc. 96 12.1.5 Quest Uranium Corporation 96 12.1.6 Areva Quebec 96 12.1.7 Virginia Gold Mines 96 12.1.8 Jasperine Project 96 12.1.9 Kawawachikamach Gold and Other Minerals Inventory Project 97 12.2 Nunavik Mineral Exploration Fund 97 12.3 Minerals Exploration Training Programme 97 12.4 Mining and Northern Development: Towards a Historical Political Ecology 98 CHAPTER Thirteen Concern for the Environment 99 13.1 Protected Areas 99 13.2 Blue Lake Clean-up 100 13.3 Tire-recycling 100 13.4 Paper- and Cardboard-recycling 101 13.5 Wolverine Workshop 101 13.6 Circumarctic Rangifer Monitoring and Assessment Network 102 13.7 Woodland Caribou Recovery 102 13.7.1 Québec Woodland Caribou Recovery Team 102 13.7.2 Canada Recovery Programme for Woodland Caribou 103 8 | Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach | ANNUAL REPORT 2009-10 13.8 Institute for Environmental Monitoring and Research 103 13.9 Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Coordinating Committee 104 13.9.1 2010 Caribou Workshop 105 13.10 DSOP Elders! Committee 105 13.11 Lower Churchill Hydroelectric Project 106 13.12 Conservation Officer 106 CHAPTER Fourteen Education 107 14.1 Jimmy Sandy Memorial School 107 14.1.1 Introduction 107 14.1.2 Staff 107 14.1.3 Budget 108 14.1.4 School Calendar 109 14.1.5 Major Accomplishments and Events 110 14.1.6 Graduation 111 14.1.7 Naskapi Education Committee 111 14.1.8 Highlights 112 14.1.9 Concerns 112 14.1.10 Return (of sorts) 112 14.2 Science and Career Fairs 113 14.2.1 Kawawachikamach Career Fair 113 14.2.2 Kawawachikamach Science Fair and Provincial Aboriginal Science Fair 113 14.3 Sachidun ChildCare Centre 114 14.3.1 Introduction 114 14.3.2 Activities 114 14.3.3 Staff 115 14.3.4 Board of Directors 116 CHAPTER Fifteen Leisure and Recreation 117 15.1 Naskapi Recreation Facility 117 15.1.1 Staff 117 15.1.2 Swimming Pool and Exercise Area 118 15.1.3 Other Activities 118 15.1.4 Naskapi Recreation Committee 118 15.2 Naskapi Community Centre 120 15.2.1 Staff 120 15.2.2 Activities 121 15.3 After-School Programme 122 15.4 Summer Day Camp 122 15.5 Circus Camps 123 15.5.1 Summer Circus Camp 123 15.5.2 Winter Circus Camp 123 Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach | ANNUAL REPORT 2009-10 | 9 15.5.3 Science Camp 124 15.6 Winter Carnival 124 15.7 Sparks, Brownies, Girl Guides, Pathfinders, Boy Scouts and Wolf Cubs 125 15.7.1 Sparks, Brownies, Girl Guides and Pathfinders 125 15.7.2 Boy Scouts and Wolf Cubs 126 15.8 Regional Travel Fund for Sports Finals 126 15.9 Organizing Committee 126 CHAPTER Sixteen Caring and Sharing 127 16.1 Heritage Fund 127 16.2 Air Inuit Ltd – Christmas Hamper Programme 127 16.3 Naskapi Relief Services Inc.