Reinstated as president, RoseAnne Archibald has pledged to pursue a \u0027forensic\u0027 audit of the Assembly of First Nations. Read on
was that she has been “undermined, discredited and attacked” in her efforts to clean up the organization, which she accused of mounting “smear campaigns” in order to silence her.
On July 5, the AFN’s General Assembly overturned its executive and board by reinstating her and giving her a mandate to launch an independent review of AFN salaries, financial transactions and contracts. This is good news. The AFN was formed in 1982 and modelled on the United Nations to protect and advance the aboriginal and treaty rights and interests of First Nations in Canada, including health, education, culture and language.
Archibald told the AFN general assembly that she was suspended for trying to investigate corruption within the assembly and for calling for a forensic audit of the organization of the past eight years. She said it came after “decades” of calls for reform within the organization. “When you support me, you will be fighting against corruption,” Archibald said during her election in 2021.
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