Petition for off reserve members of Shawanaga First Nation to receive community Christmas gift and turkey voucher without having to travel

K,I here over and over again when it comes to trying to improve things.WHY CAN,T WE JUST LEAVE IT ALONE,IT,S BEEN THAT WAY FOR YEARS! ...come on it,s 2015! baby steps damn it! Change it to a SAT.! Driving up there is very enjoyable for me.I live in Whitby ,ON.I take 12,bypass Orillia,then 11 to Huntsville,then 148 across to the new 400.Usually takes about 2.5 hrs on a GOOD DAY! There have been times when it,s taken me 4.5 hrs to get home and actually wondered if I,d make it home! Mother Nature can get damn snarly to put it mildly! Those snow squalls come out of nowhere and to continue driving is just plain stupid.Driving at night is bad enough! I drive a Nissan Pathfinder and it,s amazing in the snow.But when you can,t see 5ft in front of you,you have NO time to react to someone in your lane coming straight at you.Do we have to wait until someone gets seriously hurt or killed! SATURDAY! Let me have an opportunity to spend some quality time with my family/friends for the whole WEEKEND!.......Merry Christmas to all and the very best wishes for the New Year!

If the funds are based on full membership numbers council is and should be morally obligated to make decisions that fairly and equally benefit the full membership. To put people in a position where they put their own safety at risk is an irresponsible decision on the part of the decision makers. What if the party providing the funds put attendance or any other conditions on their release of it? why is there no accountability for these funds? As an off-reserve member, this is the first time I have even heard of this. Comments on here are well written and I appreciate being able to read and understand a bit more about SFN. Thank you.

Please include ny name for SFN members who live off reserve to receive Christmas money and turkey voucher.

All members should be treated equally and fairly when gifts are given. If we are counted and you leave off reserve members out then where has that money gone. There are many families and seniors that would and could give their families a better Christmas if we received the same Christmas bonus. Thank you.

My name appears on the band list and I am proud to have it there. Do not discriminate against me, for you are the blood of my blood, the sorrow of my mothers heart and the despair of a broken promise. Break the chain, nourish my soul, care for me. Just like my grandparents and your grandparents did for each other in their time of need. Many a night as a child I went to bed with hunger as a blanket and tears as a pillow. Don't let this happen to our community both on the fez or off. Sharing and caring makes us stronger as a nation.

I feel we should be aloud to receive to said things. I don't have the ability to just up and travel for a mid week party that is roughly 500 miles from where I currently live with my family so that a 1000 mile round trip just there and back. My daughter is a member and my son will soon be a member. Love my community and family there but I had to Pursue a life that was gonna benefit me for the best. Knew where my addiction to alcohol was gonna lead me and did not want that. Gave up all of what I new and loved to make a better life for myself.

I will sign this, not on my behalf, but on the behalf of my grandmother, who as far as I know has never been able to attend this, and could use the additional money.

I agree with the petition,but if the weather is good I would love to come and see family and friends.

this is a wonderful idea as the last couple of years we have had to drive in really bad weather

Merry Christmas!

I moved to London so it would be a long trip for me and l don't have a car and the Christmas gift would sure help l and my family miigwetch

That would be good for meas i am in my seventys

I'd love a turkey, Thanks.

Thank you

The completely absurd conduct of allocating community gifts only to on reserve residents from moneys received for band membership total numbers is not only outrageous it has to be legally irresponsible. To be present for a few hundred dollars and a turkey the size of a chicken is NOT worth the drive for many many off reserve band members. The KEY word here is BAND MEMBERS! If our vote is a right then the money received on our behalf is certainly OUR RIGHT. Making rules based on personal gain for a small percentage of band members does not demonstrate true leadership and respect for ALL band members. I have never supported discrimination against any Band member and feel this petition is founded in the basic principal of fairness and equality for all Band Members both ON and OFF reserve.

signing in for Jacob D. Lavalley, he is in such dire straits he cannot afford the internet. He lives on a disability due to the lost of the use of his arm and I wrote to the Chief for some help for Jake and have never got a reply, he had an apartment fire and lost all his belongings and ID. I hope they will support off reserve members especially at this time of the year. Good Luck everyone. Jacob Lavalley, Brantford, On

This would be nice for us off resident memeber's. Please keep us in mind. It would be nice

I would love to be able to go then and any othertime I like, unfortunately not to be so. I try to make time with my father to go when he goes, and feel part of the community then. Would like it to feel that way all the time.

I know of different band members that have never lived on their reserve yet they have always gotten their Christmas bonuses the same as the ones that live on reserve.