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A court decision returning millions of dollars taxed from Native unemployment insurance payments is being used to end income tax exemptions for status Indians.

In a letter to bands and political organizations, Revenue Canada announced after 1993 Natives will no longer be protected if the work that generated the income is not done on-reserve.

The decision reverses a 10-year policy of not collecting tax from status Indians working for reserve-based employers even though the work was done off First Nations land.

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A court decision returning millions of dollars taxed from Native unemployment insurance payments is being used to end income tax exemptions for status Indians.

In a letter to bands and political organizations, Revenue Canada announced after 1993 Natives will no longer be protected if the work that generated the income is not done on-reserve.

The decision reverses a 10-year policy of not collecting tax from status Indians working for reserve-based employers even though the work was done off First Nations land.

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A court decision returning millions of dollars taxed from Native unemployment insurance payments is being used to end income tax exemptions for status Indians.

In a letter to bands and political organizations, Revenue Canada announced after 1993 Natives will no longer be protected if the work that generated the income is not done on-reserve.

The decision reverses a 10-year policy of not collecting tax from status Indians working for reserve-based employers even though the work was done off First Nations land.

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Alberta premier Ralph Klein has indicated he's interested in finding ways to transfer funding for urban Indian programs.

But the proposal is already drawing fire from at least one band that wants to extend its governing rights to off-reserve members.

The new premier met with members of the Native Congress of Canada (the new name for the Native Council of Canada's Alberta wing) to discuss transferring $21.3 million in off-reserve service funds to Native hands.

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Alberta premier Ralph Klein has indicated he's interested in finding ways to transfer funding for urban Indian programs.

But the proposal is already drawing fire from at least one band that wants to extend its governing rights to off-reserve members.

The new premier met with members of the Native Congress of Canada (the new name for the Native Council of Canada's Alberta wing) to discuss transferring $21.3 million in off-reserve service funds to Native hands.

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Alberta premier Ralph Klein has indicated he's interested in finding ways to transfer funding for urban Indian programs.

But the proposal is already drawing fire from at least one band that wants to extend its governing rights to off-reserve members.

The new premier met with members of the Native Congress of Canada (the new name for the Native Council of Canada's Alberta wing) to discuss transferring $21.3 million in off-reserve service funds to Native hands.

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Alberta premier Ralph Klein has indicated he's interested in finding ways to transfer funding for urban Indian programs.

But the proposal is already drawing fire from at least one band that wants to extend its governing rights to off-reserve members.

The new premier met with members of the Native Congress of Canada (the new name for the Native Council of Canada's Alberta wing) to discuss transferring $21.3 million in off-reserve service funds to Native hands.

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Northwest Territories Metis Association president Gary Bohnet can rest easy. Those Barenaked Ladies from Toronto didn't take a swipe at traditional economies when they sang a line against fur coats in their hit song If I Had a Million Dollars.

"All the members of our band eat meat and wear leather," the band said in a press statement after Bohnet threatened a boycott of their Yellowknife concert over an anti-fur line in a song.

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Northwest Territories Metis Association president Gary Bohnet can rest easy. Those Barenaked Ladies from Toronto didn't take a swipe at traditional economies when they sang a line against fur coats in their hit song If I Had a Million Dollars.

"All the members of our band eat meat and wear leather," the band said in a press statement after Bohnet threatened a boycott of their Yellowknife concert over an anti-fur line in a song.

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Northwest Territories Metis Association president Gary Bohnet can rest easy. Those Barenaked Ladies from Toronto didn't take a swipe at traditional economies when they sang a line against fur coats in their hit song If I Had a Million Dollars.

"All the members of our band eat meat and wear leather," the band said in a press statement after Bohnet threatened a boycott of their Yellowknife concert over an anti-fur line in a song.