Consensus reached on first five sections of proposed Tobacco law

01/15/2016

The Kahnaw�:ke Legislative Coordinating Commission announced that consensus was reached on the first five sections of the proposed Kahnaw�:ke Tobacco Law at the Hearing held last evening.

The agenda included the addressing of community members� comments that were not properly included in the materials made available at the first meeting (First Hearing � Part 1) held on 27, Kent�nha/October 2015. These comments were brought forth and addressed, with no changes to the draft being proposed. As a result, the original consensus for the first four affected sections was reconfirmed after approximately 45 minutes of discussion and debate.

This was followed by the final agenda item (Section #5, Definitions). After approximately ninety (90) minutes of discussion and debate consensus was reached on the entire section, which was a new agenda item. The meeting ended at 8:20pm.

For clarity, the proposed Kahnaw�:ke Tobacco Law is in the First Hearing phase of the Community Decision Making Process. Approximately thirty community members were in attendance last evening. The First Hearing � Part 3 meeting date will be announced later.