@hollyanndoan of @mindingottawa published a story today about the records of Kamloops band Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc receiving money to investigate the "Mass Burial."
She was attacked saying there was no proof they got the money -
There is 100% proof, in this 🧵
First off, as usual, I like to detail the demographics of the band
Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc has 548 people on Reserve
The band has 1,612 people in total
The Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc band in 2024 has
$65 million in cash
$155 million in net equity (accumulated surplus)
Dr Sarah Beaulieu was contracted to do the ground penetrating radar at Kamloops Residential School, because "she is an expert" in that field
I dunno🧵
The evidence to support her expertise in ground penetrating radar is her master thesis work, Remembering the Forgotten, where suspected grave sites were analyzed
Except in her thesis, Dr Sarah Beaulieu had no training on ground penetrating radar, did not conduct any of the operations herself, and outsourced the work to a party who did.
You can see these "experts" and their dog in her thesis
A class action suit was started by St. Theresa Point First Nation and Sandy Lake First Nation saying its the government (read taxpayers) responsibility to keep their homes in good shape
And its true, many homes are disgusting - but they didn't start that way
Once the suit was filed by Montreal Lawyers McCarthy Tétrault LLP (where people like Jean Charest, Marie-Josée Hogue, and John Manley worked), a plethora of First Nations got on the taxpayer gravy train
KPMG audited the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) representing 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan
They analyzed spending between April 2019 and March 2024
Hang on🧵
#1 - COVID Funding
$26 million was audited
KPMG found $23.5 million was questionable
** an 89% failure rate**
- no records
- missing contracts
- missing invoices
# 2 - Travel expenditures
$800K of travel spending was audited
$316K was flagged by auditors, a 39% failure rate
Half the travel bookings couldn't be justified, either policy violations or they couldn't explain the purpose. And one Vice Chief was billing personal trips