Consensus reached on first five sections of proposed Tobacco law

01/15/2016

The Kahnawà:ke Legislative Coordinating Commission announced that consensus was reached on the first five sections of the proposed Kahnawà: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, Kenténha/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 Kahnawà: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.