February 8, 2005
Mr. Kevin McKay, NLG Chairperson
Nisga?a Lisims Government
P.O. Box 231
New Aiyansh, B.C.
V0J 1A0
Dear Mr. McKay:
RE: Gary Alexcee ? Terrace Nisga?a Society
I called you today about Gary Alexcee, TNS representative to Nisga?a Lisims Government, slamming the door on me because I had gone to the office to follow up on our last membership meeting where he had publicly told me that I could come up to the office any time to view the financial report. Gary Alexcee?s actions depict his ignorance of our Nisga?a Lisims Government Code of Conduct and he has no clue of public office decorum. In any other government office in Canada ? there would be a place or someone to complain about this behaviour. The person would be fired or reprimanded.
As discussed with you, I questioned if the Board of Directors were supposed to be involved with the financial decision making ? as there were only two of them there obviously making financial decisions and signing checks. He said no as they were dealing with contingency funds - contingency funds (whatever!!!) are Nisga?a funds ? our monies. How is it that again our monies are being used to pay down bills that the membership had not benefited from or the membership and board of directors didn?t even knew about. Apparently they are still paying off the bills that our previous NLG representatives had stolen and mismanaged. Gary Alexcee does not know what transparency and open door policy means ? words and lies that so easily rolled off his weaselly lips. He instructs everyone that anything he tells them is ?confidential? ? Nisga?a word for ?gag order.?
Today, again, I have spoken to the Board of Directors ? Amy Forcier, George Cooley, Marlene Robinson, and Yvonne Glover to check how we are doing financially. None of our board of directors has been able to force the completion of financial statements. None of our board of directors know how much monies has been received, how much and on what it has been expended, and what is our balance. You were part of the Nisga?a Lisims Government (mafia) executive over the last four years as our monies were being stolen ? the executive who did nothing and told us that this was an internal matter. How can we deal with something like this when we get the door slammed in our faces. Not too many people are as outspoken as I am. Gary Alexcee idiotically continues as if he doesn?t know what internal controls are ? and that is a result of everyone getting away with stealing monies from the Nisga?a Nation and being unaccountable any one especially the Nisga?a nation citizens.
We have yet to see our Terrace Nisga?a Society Audited Financial statements to March 31, 2004 (year end.) According to our Terrace Nisga?a Society Act, we are supposed to have our annual general assembly where the audited financial statements are presented no more than six (6) months after our year end. We have had no monthly financial statements to this date. So it appears that it is business as usual ? even if it is misappropriating our monies to the detriment of our people. As Gary Alexcee said that it wasn?t approved by Nisga?a Lisims Government ? when will we get the report?
You also stated that the Financial Director was working with our office with the finances ? how is it that we have had no financial reporting? What are you guys trying to hide? Since the Nisga?a Lisims Government Director of Finance is working with our Terrace Nisga?a Society, there obviously will be no problem with receiving a financial report Wednesday, February 9th ? could you assure that we do receive a financial report at our membership meeting.
I am requesting immediate action before the misappropriation reaches the heights when Charles McKay, Martin Adams, and Matthew Bright Jr. were making all the decisions and signing all the checks behind closed doors without any accountability to anyone ? with full blessings of their NLG cohorts.
Is this standard procedure that you are teaching the newly elected executives ? or is this what they are learning from watching you?