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Bylaws

Council has drafted several bylaws to improve the effectiveness of NCN's law enforcement.

  • Drug and Bootleg - to impose tougher penalties for drug users and bootleggers
  • Alcohol Restriction - to restrict how much alcohol an individual is allowed on the reserve
  • Banishment - to exclude criminal and disruptive individuals from living or visiting the community
  • Curfew - to restrict children and youth from staying out all hours of the night
  • Trespass - to impose penalties on those who have been banished but continue to sneak back into the community
  • Traffic - to impose tough penalties on unauthorized motorists.

Other bylaws and polices in progress

  • To pass a Finance Bylaw that governs how the community manages its finances
  • To establish a Finance Policy that guides how individual administrators and staff
    administer NCN finances
  • To complete the Election Code Review in order to ensure the Election Code continues to be responsive to the community and its membership
  • To pass an Environmental Bylaw that sets out the parameters for the long-term monitoring of the Wuskwatim project
  • To establish the Nisichawayasihk Trust (CAP) Policy, which sets out how the community accesses funding
  • To establish a Housing Policy to govern how houses on reserve are managed and allocated.

Steps have also been taken to complete the following:

  • User-Fee Bylaw
  • Membership Code Review
  • Dog Bylaw.

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