Gr and Chief Lawr enc e Martin Fir st of all I w ant t o thank the people of Mushk e g o wuk Communities who c ame out t o v ot e f or my c olle agues and I on No v ember 14 2014 and thank y ou v er y much f or giving me the opport unity t o w ork with y ou all in the ne xt 9 months until the ne xt 4 y e ar t erm r e gular election t ak es plac e in A ugust of 2015 I alr e ady had a w eek s w orth of w ork prior t o my Sw e aring Cer emony in the lands of the Missanabie Cr ee Fir st Nation in Sault St e Marie I am v er y honor ed t o c arr y out the t asks that the lat e Gr and Chief Dr St an L outtit st art ed or w as still w orking on up t o the time of his p assing I f ound the f ollo wing 27 serious and v er y c omple x it ems that w er e being w ork ed on and this is wher e I hav e st art ed WAHIF A R ef orm P eople s Inquir y on Suicide Childr en in Car e Justic e Syst em R ef orm Or g anizing R e gional Business Or g aniz ation Ring of Fir e Infr astruct ur e Pr oject All Se ason R o ad F e asibility St udy W at er Infr astruct ur e R e gional Housing Emplo yment T r aining f or Ring of Fir e Y outh Business Centr e Str at e g y R e gional Land U se Planning Ring of Fir e EA pr oc ess Ring of Fir e Ne g otiations Mining T able T ang o Mine DeBeer s Exp ansion Mushk e g o wuk Jurisdiction o v er James Bay T r e aty Diaries Lawsuit T r e aty T able Constit ution R esour c e Benefit Sharing R esour c e De v elopment Pr ot oc ol Mushk e g o wuk Enrichment F und Mushk e g o wuk Corpor at e B ylaws P olic y R e vie w election c ode g o v ernanc e guidelinesOr g aniz ational R ef orm R e vie w Ac c ount ability of R e gional Or g aniz ation These ar e just f or the ofic e of the Gr and Chief ther e ar e many many other ar e as of ser vic es and pr ogr ams that Mushk e g o wuk pr o vides And so in the last tw o w eeks I hav e been able t o mo v e a f e w files f or w ar d 1 WAHIF A R e f orm The Chief s p assed a motion post ed on our w ebsit e that mo v es this f or w ar d We will be making arr ang ements t o se t up a mee ting with all the signat ories and t o addr ess the issues r aised The pr o vinc e and the f eder al g o v ernment will be notified also of this mee ting We e xpect t o w ork closely with our c ommunity appoint ed Bo ar d member s of WAHA t o ensur e that the he alth ser vic es ar e alw ays maint ained at a high le v el as w e pur sue a ne w and impr o v ed agr eement with all p arties 2 Ring o f Fir e Infr astructur e Pr oject We me t with a number of int er est ed p arties in g o v ernment and the industr y in or der t o g aug e their int er ests and t o C ONTENT S Gr and Chief Pg 1 Deputy Gr and Chief Pg 2 Executive Director Pg 4 T echnical Services Pg 8 Great Moon Gathering Pg 9 Update on Peoples Inquiry Pg 10 Victims Services Greeting Pg 13 Economic Development Pg 14 Mushkegowuk Cup Pg 15 WJB TN Pg 18 Annual Gener al Assembly Info Pg 18 Co v er Phot o b y Jon Kap ashesit 1