Court hearing accusations of vote buying on Red Pheasant
A lawyer and Red Pheasant band member is hoping to have the 2016 election overturned in federal court due to allegations of corruption.
Numerous band members of the reserve, located 40 km south of the Battlefords, have come forward with affidavits claiming Chief Clint Wuttunee and the rest of council tampered with the March 2016 election. Some of those band members showed up at Court of Queen’s Bench in Saskatoon Tuesday morning as the trial began and could continue until Thursday.
Michelle Good is the applicant representing the band members accusing the Chief and council of vote buying and not informing the band of opting into a new election act which extended council tenures from two years to four.
Good is a Red Pheasant band member herself and said the corruption has to stop.