Category: Meeting Highlights

Meeting Dates:  January 28 & February 11, 2021 via video conferences KMK presented various parcels of land recommended as possible land acquisitions through the Rights Implementation process. The Assembly discussed these lands in depth and also the needs of their communities. No decisions were made, and the Assembly asked for

Representatives from Burchells LLP spoke on the provincial restrictions of buying and selling harvests caught under the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed right of moderate livelihood. Legal options were discussed. The Assembly discussed the appointment of Allister Surrette by the government of Canada to discuss fisheries issues and sought legal

The Forestry Advisory Committee, which is made up of representatives from KMKNO, CMM and UINR, brought forward a request to: add lands in Cape Breton and Eastern Nova Scotia to the Mi’kmaq Forestry Initiative (MFI) Agreement, and for direction from the Assembly to continue the process of parcel selection to

The Assembly welcomed Chief Annie Bernard-Daisley of We’koqma’q officially to the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs table. KMKNO provided an update on the consultation on the Avon River Aboiteau bridge replacement. The Assembly directed KMKNO to seek funding to hire an engineering firm to do a third-party analysis of

Chief Sidney Peters, on behalf of the Assembly, formally welcomed interim Chief Tma Francis, Paqtnkek, and the new Assembly of First Nations’ NS and NL Regional Chief, Paul Prosper. KMKNO provided an overview of the potential name change for McGowan Lake Wilderness Area and the Pleasant River Wilderness Area.  Engagement