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   From: Paxca@nyet.ca   
      
   Remember Chief Theresa Spence's hunger strike because her community 'was living   
   in third-world conditions'?   
   Well . . .   
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   By The Canadian Press — CP — Nov 28 2014   
      
   Auditors say Attawapiskat First Nation should repay $1.8M in housing money   
      
      
   OTTAWA - Aboriginal Affairs wants the Attawapiskat First Nation to repay more   
   than $1.8 million in housing funding after an audit could not substantiate the   
   spending.   
      
   The audit, finished in April,was a follow to an earlier audit that was ordered   
   after the James Bay community declared a state of emergency in November 2011   
   over what it said was a housing crisis.   
      
   The auditors said the $1.8 million represents housing-related transactions that   
   could not be substantiated in the audits.   
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   The First Nation says most of the money relates to two major contracts and   
   while the documentation related to these contracts may be incomplete, there is   
   no evidence the money wasn't paid out properly.   
      
   The audit also says Attawapiskat should strengthen its oversight and monitoring   
   of the third-party accountant that handles the accounting function for its   
   capital projects.   
      
   The First Nation agrees with that recommendation.   
      
   Aboriginal Affairs has posted the audit findings on its website.   
      
   The auditors said 46 per cent of 400 transactions it sampled from the period   
   2005 to 2011 had supporting documents.  The other 54 per cent lacked proper   
   support.   
      
   The audit also said Aboriginal Affairs should conduct a financial review for   
   2012-13 and 2013-14 focused on the highest-risk funding tied to the First   
   Nation, and include a detailed review of the financial statements, co-ordinated   
   with Health Canada.   
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   Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence's household made as much as $250,000 in the   
   fiscal year ending March 2011.   
      
   As the leader of the remote northern Ontario reserve stages a hunger strike in   
   Ottawa, demanding that Prime Minister Stephen Harper meet with her to discuss   
   the third-world conditions in her community, documents show that plenty of cash   
   is moving through the settlement.   
      
   Financial audits show that while Spence was paid $71,377 as current chief, her   
   partner, Clayton Kennedy, was also employed as the reserve's co-manager.   
   Kennedy's consulting company, Moo Shum Enterprises Inc, charges $850 per day -   
   working out to $221,000 per year.   
      
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