From: Two Row Times | “The Spirit of All Nations”
Letter to the Editor | Councillor Helen Miller
I have many concerns with the current draft as reported in the local newspaper that will be presented to the HCCC [Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council] for approval at their Sept. meeting but there isn’t enough space to highlight them all. The most disturbing Rules of Conduct is that the HCCC dictates who a Six Nations citizen can do business with. The Rules say those applying for a license will have to produce the proper documentation plus a verifying statement that the business is 100% Haudenosaunee owned plus proof that a non-Haudenosaunee person has no interest or claim to the business.
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Furthermore the story says the Rules of Conduct labels Six Nations tobacco and cigarettes “counterfeit”. It says no one shall stamp, sell or distribute “counterfeit tobacco products” on the territory. Bill C-10 labels Six Nations tobacco products “illegal contraband”. As an elected councilor I consistently pass the message to government that Six Nations’ tobacco industry is “not illegal contraband” or “counterfeit” if you will and that the Six Nations’ tobacco industry is only “illegal contraband” in the eyes of the federal and provincial governments. Well now I’d have to include the HCCC.
