I am totally appalud that the councilors are making so much money and hiding the books. I am angry that these members are elected to office when 90% of them have no idea on how to use a budget. Many of the councilor are probalby under-educated with no lack of concern for anyone but thier own attempt at material possesions and the only way that they can accomplish this is by stealing from their own people with no regard to the people who put them in office to begin with.... come on chief theif and co-theives give us what we need!!!! TRANSPARANCY...

I figure, transparency is a legitimate excuse, i feel that dealing with legal considered Confederates that they can manage there own finances just as the Liberal and Concervative Gov. have been doing, creating un-nessecary inflation, increased taxes to the middle classes, lower taxes for higher income earners, devaluing the dollar(due to inflation) i feel that, as a Canadian Citizen we should fix our own Gov. before meddling with others, look how far it got the United Kingdom and United States.

And please remember, as you go south, things maybe seem cheap or inexpensive, but remember the quality of life go hand in hand, what is cheap to us in the U.S. is also cheap for americans in Mexico, is even cheaper for  Mexicans in South America, as with logic, we are at the top of the layer cake, capilaizim will never work, and as the Noble Peace Prize Winner for "Free Market Systems" said, Capitalizim is a farce, and I was wrong and in total Error Paul Krugman.

and please remember the city manager of saskatoon makes 180,000, the president of the u of s makes 320,000 a year(not including lower staff salaries), which brings to mind, is bradwall on the take? how can he survive on such a small salary

I have lived off reserve for years now and have been living and working in Saskatchewan.   Although I feel a great longing to 'go home' to my reserve, I am not able to do so.  There are so many things which prevent hard working honest band members from moving back to the reserve, and a majority of the reasons are rooted in problems with chief and council.  Housing issues, lack of employment, sub standard education, and lack of community cohesiveness can all be traced back to lack of leadership.  In fact, in many cases the "leaders" intentionally keep the band ignorant, build obstacles for band members, and then benefit from the reserve being in a state of disarray.  This is especially true when politics and family ties mix; such is the case on Piapot.  The people supporting the chief and council are doing so because they are related to them and/or are getting money from them.  They refuse to see any fault with their relatives, more likely they see the wrongdoings but refuse to acknowledge them when they are given $$ incentives to keep criticisms quiet.  When the band members are divided according to family alliances, kept in a state of chaos, and kept in the dark about spending, there is little chance of band members being able to unite in efforts to make significant changes to the leadership for the benefit of the whole reserve. The reserve is suffering due to the selfishness of the leadership and willingness of their supporters to be bribed into silence.  The so called leaders continue go unchallenged, unquestioned, and are able to bleed the resources from the band and squander tax dollars.  The chief and council like to act as though their actions do not adversely effect anyone beyond the reserve, but the situation has extremely negative effects for band members on and off the reserve, and tax paying Canadians from coast to coast.

Transparency is desperately needed, and fraud charges should be laid against those who are 'mismanaging' (taking) funds from the band.  Frustrated band members from my reserve support the idea of having new criteria for nominating people for chief and council positions, and having consequences for chief and councilors who do not disclose financial information.  Criminal record checks, minimum education standards, and employment history should be criteria for deciding who can be elected to chief or council.  Too many people on the reserve tend to vote based upon friendship & family ties and ignore the quality of the candidate they are voting for. The chief and council positions ought to be based upon who can effectively lead and handle finances responsibly.