Haisla Nation Council (HNC) is elected every two years and consists of ten Councilors and one Chief Councilor, elected on a separate ballot. Council is responsible for setting and managing the Nation’s budget and for representing the Haisla people in dealings with Canada.
Haisla people have given the elected Haisla Nation Council the authority to represent them and to act on their behalf in seeking funding support for Kitamaat Village. HNC administration currently provides municipal services and local delivery of social, educational and developmental programs.
The administration is recognized as a competent and progressive organization by all agencies with whom they do business. HNC devotes time to ensuring that all relevant government agencies and stakeholders understand and support their economic development plans.
Over the years, the elected Haisla Nation Council has worked to secure many benefits for the Haisla Nation. One of the biggest was its work on saving the Kitlope Valley, the world’s largest intact old-growth coastal temperate rainforest watershed, from further logging. For its work, Haisla Nation Council received a British Columbia Provincial Award from the Ministry of Environment in 1995.
Stakeholders Relation Committee’s role is to develop recommendations and action plans to put forward to Council for consideration. As the name suggests, they work with external groups and stakeholders with a mission to foster the creation of positive, sustainable economic opportunities to benefit Haisla members.
The Executive Committee acts as an intermediary body to ensure that the operational side of the organization is performing in a satisfactory way through monitoring. The role of the Executive Committee is to set the expectations and monitor the performance of the Administration. The Executive Committee is accountable to Chief and Council, and primary responsibilities includes developing and proposing recommendations to Council, and tracking the performance of the administration and ensure expectations are being met.
Members are encouraged to write to Council with any suggestions or concerns. Here are the steps in the process for writing to Council.
