REMINDER - MCK Election Law Hearing February 21 at Moose Lodge

02/15/2024

The Kahnawà:ke Legislative Commission (KLC) wishes to remind the community that the Hearing for the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke Election Law is scheduled for next Wednesday, February 21, 2024, at the Kahnawà:ke Moose Lodge from 6pm to 9pm. If the review of the draft amendments is not completed, the Hearing will continue Thursday, February 22, at the same time and location.

The agenda will be as follows:

• Review all of the proposed amendments to the Elections Law, time permitting. Key Areas:
• Amendments required due to the implementation of the Kanien’kehá:ka of Kahnawà:ke Law (KKL)
• Amendments to reflect Kanien’kéha terminology
• Amendments to process timelines in the Law

A minimum of ten (10) community members on the Kanien’kehá:ka Kahnawà:ke Registry are required to be in attendance for the Hearing to occur. Interested persons should pre-register their attendance by contacting Andrea Montour by 4pm on Friday, February 16, 2024, at 450-632-7500 or by email at andrea.montour@mck.ca.

A meal will be provided for those who pre-register.

The amended draft law is available for viewing in both a tracked change version - showing where changes were made (click here to view tracked change version), and a clean copy - fully revised (click here to view clean copy). The original recommended amendments to the Elections Law were posted on February 21, 2023 (click here to view).

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For information on the Law, please contact:
Alan John Rice alan.rice@mck.ca - phone: 450-632-7500
Andrea Montour andrea.montour@mck.ca - Phone: 450-632-7500

For further information on the Process, please email:
Kahnawà:ke Legislative Services at KLS@mck.ca/450-632-7500