Decision on Disclosure of Frog Lake First Nation Financial Records

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“To pursue this sets a precedent for activists and people wanting to know what’s going on with our money in our communities”: the words of Hans McCarthy, Indigenous activist and member of Frog Lake First Nation, following the Order of the Federal Court made on November 20, 2025.

Federal legislation requires transparency when it comes to the management of First Nations’ finances, and this decision should serve as a wakeup call for a federal government that has failed to uphold the law for nearly a decade.

Mr. Justice Ahmed allowed our application for judicial review, heard in September 2025, of Indigenous Services Canada’s (“ISC”) refusal to provide copies of Frog Lake First Nation Band Council Resolutions (“BCRs”) authorizing the use of Band trust funds held by the federal government, which had been requested by Mr. McCarthy under the Access to Information Act (“ATIA”). The Court ordered ISC to produce the requested records within 30 days of the Order, subject to limited redactions of personal information.

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