Submit your motions for the People’s Assembly 2015!

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What would you like to see Huu-ay-aht accomplish within the next four years?

You can answer this question or send your proposals as motions. They can be made on any subject. If you require assistance in the wording of them, the Law Clerk, Kim Chretien, and if necessary legal counsel, is available to help at no cost. If you would like assistance, please contact us as soon as possible and, in any event, by November 2nd to allow us time to draft it before the deadline.

Motions submitted on November 3rd, 2015 will be added to the agenda for the People’s Assembly and included in the public notice. We strongly encourage citizens wishing to bring a motion to do so timely. Motions made after that date can be walked in, but there is no guarantee that they will be considered –the People’s Assembly will need to vote to add them to the agenda. In addition, the Executive Council will prepare and circulate reports on any motions on the agenda as of November 3rd, 2015, allowing you to be informed on the issues they will be asked to consider.

The People’s Assembly is on November 20th, 21st and 22nd this year. You must register by filling the PDF/online form here http://huuayaht.org/2015/09/22/peoples-assembly-registration/  or calling 250-723-0100.  Accommodations at the Best Western Barclay and childminding will be supplied for the event.

People’s Assembly updates

Notice of motions

Send your motions here! or call Coraleah Johnson at 250.723.0100, Ext. 224.

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Many motions on the table for Saturday’s People’s Assembly

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On Saturday, November 20, Huu-ay-aht Citizens will be voting on a number of important motions at their Annual People’s Assembly.

This year the motions to be addressed are as follows:

Therefore be it resolved that the People’s Assembly hereby adds “60th Birthday Gifts to Citizens” (the “proposed motion”) to the agenda.

Therefore be it resolved that the People’s Assembly hereby adds “Funeral Expenses” (the “proposed motion”) to the agenda.

Therefore be it resolved that the People’s Assembly hereby adds “Pumping and Maintenance of Residential Septic Tanks” (the “proposed motion”) to the agenda.

Therefore be it resolved to adopt the proposed Agenda as amended.

Therefore be it resolved to appoint Meyers Norris Penny as auditor for Huu-ay-aht First Nations for the period April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015 and further to recommend that Executive Council ensure that any remaining steps to complete the appointment of Meyers Norris Penny are completed by Friday, December 19, 2014.

Be it resolved to appoint _(name to be announced) ___________ as a member of the Huu-ay-aht Tribunal as provided for in Section 3 (2)(d) of the Tribunal Act, and further to recommend that the Executive Council ensure that any remaining steps to complete the appointment of __(name to be announced)________ are completed by December 19, 2014.

Be it resolved that the People’s Assembly hereby:

  1. Supports proceeding with the Proposed Project if the Conditions are met;
  2. Approves, in accordance with section 27 of the Land Act, a disposition of the Sarita Lands, or a portion of them, for the purpose of the Proposed Project.

Amendments to the Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Act and Land Act

Be it resolved that the People’s Assembly hereby approves the consequential amendments to the Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Act and the Land Act set out in section 48 and 55 of the Economic Development Act.

Government Act Amendment Act, 2014

Be it resolved that the People’s Assembly hereby approves the Government Act Amendment Act, 2014.

Amendment Relating to the Implementation of an Enforcement Framework

Be it resolved that the People’s Assembly hereby approves the amendments set out in the draft Enforcement Framework Amendment Act, 2015.

For more information on the motions, visit http://huuayaht.org/?page_id=4353.

Citizen Motions matter at People’s Assembly

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On Sunday, citizen motions will be brought forward at the People’s Assembly. These motions matter, and they must have a quorum in order to be addressed.

In 2013, citizen motions suggested the People’s Assembly should be two back-to-back days, rather than one. This year that is what Executive Council approved, and the two-day Assembly is almost here.

In 2013, citizens suggested travel and hotel accommodations should be covered for people travelling to the People’s Assembly in Port Alberni. This year Executive Council has arranged for bus tickets, ferry cards and gas cards to be given to citizens, and they booked hotel rooms for anyone who requested them.

In 2013, citizens asked that the satellite meetings in the Lower Mainland be eliminated, and this year the Assembly will take place in one location.

In 2013, citizens asked that Executive Council budget for costs to repair the floor of the House of Huu-ay-aht. After consulting with an engineer, council has decided to replace the current floor with a spring-wood floor, and a Request for Tender is being processed.

In 2013, citizens asked for a school bus for Anacla that meets all safety standards that could transport students to the Bamfield Community School. Last week, a shiny new 22-passenger school bus was delivered to Anacla to bus students safely to school.

In 2013, a recommendation was made to make language study of Huu-ay-aht’s traditional language available to all citizens through classes held in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver. The Nation has been supporting several speakers to continue their training in Aboriginal Language Revitalization through VIU and attend the NIC Gathering in Penticton. The Nananiiqsu Society held a fundraiser and sent 11 elders to the event. Staff has also been working with Nellie Dennis and Clifford Nookemus to learn the language basics. Executive Council will be working to create signs in the traditional language. The goal is to create more opportunities for people to use the Huu-ay-aht language in everyday situations.

Although three citizens motions were received too late to make it into the agenda, they will be brought to the People’s Assembly for consideration on November 30.

One citizen’s motion did make it in time to get into the People’s Assembly agenda for November 30.

Maria Newfield proposed that since so many Huu-ay-aht First Nations students under the age of 18 attend school in Port Alberni, while their families live in the Anacla area, with no support that the subject be addressed. At this year’s People’s Assembly it is recommended to the Executive Council that a process be developed for determining how to better support Huu-ay-aht students who travel to Port Alberni for school, including determining how to provide students with appropriate accommodations and support while in Port Alberni and transportation back to their homes on weekends. And also to provide interim support to the Huu-ay-aht students and their families currently commuting from the Anacla area to Port Alberni for school.

For a list of all motions that will be addressed at the People’s Assembly, go to the Huu-ay-aht website People’s Assembly section at http://huuayaht.org/?page_id=4353.