Getting to know your future Qalipu members – The Gulf News

On the eve of an election to determine the new Qalipu First Nation Band, The Western Star reached out to all candidates in the western region to see what matters most to them.

Here is what they had to say:

Chief

Brendan Mitchell, age 64, Corner Brook

What can be done about the supplemental agreement that would be fair to the local Mi’kmaq? This conversation will be sticking around because there are so many court cases outstanding. The supplemental agreement is over, but right now we’re in the aftermath, and the aftermath has to carry on. My initiative will always be: How do we get these members back? I won’t be backing down from that. I’ll put together a new committee together to enter into a new conversation with Canada.

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