Band chiefs should publicly disclose salaries

Many aboriginal reserves are mired in poverty, and a few band chiefs are earning salaries in excess of $200,000 per year, tax free.

VANCOUVER, B.C.—If Canadians suspect there's a good case for the disclosure of political salaries on aboriginal reserves, that hunch should be reinforced by examples of such compensation leaked to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation over the past year.

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