Ther e hav e been c onc erns r aised about the struct ur e of some of the c orpor ations that hav e been cr e at ed t o ser v e our c ommunities I am pr oposing that w e hold a c onf er enc e t o e x amine w ays in which w e c an r esolv e some of these c onc erns and end up with mor e inclusiv e c orpor at e struct ur es P art of this will inv olv e an e x amination of the Mushk e g o wuk Council and its r elat ed c orpor ations T o all the har d w orking st af at Mushk e g o wuk c ouncil and our Fir st Nations I w ant t o e xt end my thanks f or the gr e at things y ou ac c omplish with so little r esour c es I hope y ou hav e a v er y happ y Christmas with y our lo v ed ones and a blessed Ne w Y e ar Mee g w e t ch L eo F riday Ex ecutiv e Dir ect or Donna Se ar y Ont ario tr eatymak er Daniel Geor ge MacMartin s personal diary c onfirms that it w as an or al agr eement of peac e and friendship wher eb y w e Mushk ego didn t surr ender anything The Cr o wn s r epr esent ativ e Dunc an Campbell Sc ott made or al v erbal of ers and pr omises that w e ac c ept ed and that the agr eement w ould r esult in mut ual pr osperity and happiness based on our c ontinued use of our anc estr al lands and w at ers The annual gif of 4 that Ont ario still pays t o e v ery Mushk ego man w oman and child c ontinues t o signify the sacr ed pr omises of the r eal agr eement made in 1905 and af erw ar ds Merr y Christmas and a Happ y Ne w Y e ar t o all our Fir st Nation Chief s Councillor s member s friends f amily and c olle agues The y e ar 2014 is ne arly o v er and with a Ne w Y e ar upon us I hope f or pe ac e friendship and harmony thr oughout our Fir st Nations and the w orld PROGR AM HIGHLIGHT S o The 201314 A udit w e ar e oficially out of the deficit and w e hav e a surplus of 25185800 o AANDC advised MC that w e ar e out of int er v ention and r ec ommends w e c ontinue t o utiliz e the Manag ement Action Plan MAP t o k eep us on tr ack o Mushk e g o wuk Building the MET S g ym ar e a is no w 100 c omple t e o The ne xt st ep is t o t ackle the r est of the MC building We r equir e e xt ensiv e r eno v ations windo ws siding electric al he at er s and ne w r oof t o name a f e w This will r equir e a lot of w ork time and especially f unds o R esolutions ar e updat ed and av ailable f or r e vie w on our w ebsit e o T rib al Council F unding Tir e 3 MC AANDC Work Plan f or this y e ar includes one visit t o e ach c ommunity which will be gin in the f all These will be planned visits 4