Spending review of B.C. First Nations band highlights need for better financial literacy

Dene Moore, The Canadian Press/Globe and Mail, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012

Aboriginal Affairs officials have turned over to RCMP a review of spending by a former B.C. First Nations chief that found hundreds of thousands of dollars in questionable spending, but books so bad that further investigation was not possible.
The review of the Tl’etinqox-t’in First Nation’s spending highlights a major issue facing First Nations and federal bureaucrats as the Conservative government moves toward greater financial transparency for bands: financial literacy.