MCK to participate in welcoming new City Indigenous Commissioner

02/08/2018

The Mohawk Council of Kahnaw�:ke (MCK) wishes to inform Kahnawa�kehr�:non that Iets�nhaienhs Christine-Zachary-Deom will represent the community at a ceremony to officially welcome Marie-Eve Bordeleau as the first Indigenous Commissioner of the City of Montreal.

The event will take place at City Hall at noon tomorrow (Friday). Iets�nhaienhs Zachary-Deom will provide the Welcoming and Opening Remarks along with Montreal�s new Mairesse Val�rie Plante.

�We are proud to have been asked to be part of the selection of this new and important position,� said Iets�nhaienhs Zachary-Deom. �We congratulate the city�s representatives and, particularly, Mairesse Plante for following the City of Montreal�s path forward in the plans for reconciliation.�  

Ma�tre Bordeleau, a lawyer whose father is Cree, has been on the job since the beginning of this month. She is responsible for developing Montreal�s reconciliation strategy, as well as helping the City implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

�I wish Marie-Eve continued success in her career as she takes on this challenging task,� she concluded. �We�ll be here whenever she may need our input � and we certainly have lots to say.�