Link: http://www.matawa.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/FINAL3-Matawa-Messenger-Aug-2016.pdf

Highlights from News Letter:

On June 14-15, the Regional Framework Agreement (RFA) Transfer Payment

Agreement (TPA) Joint Workplan Team, also known as the RFA TPA

Joint Workplan Team, held their initial two day meeting. This meeting

was the kick off to their first of four quarterly meetings. Each community

had two or more RFA Team members participate. The Community RFA

Team members include Regional Framework/Ring of Fire Coordinators,

Advisors, Community Representatives, Band Managers, Finance Managers

and Administrative Support Staff.

Also working with the RFA TPA Joint Workplan Team are two Ministry of

Northern Development and Mines (MNDM) Ring of Fire Secretariat staff

members. The primary focuses of the RFA TPA Joint Workplan Team are

to make reporting easier, to ensure allocated funds are spent throughout

the fiscal year and to assist with seamless funding flow for the next fiscal

year. The RFA TPA Joint Workplan Team’s next scheduled meeting will take

place in early October.

REGIONAL FRAMEWORK DEPARTMENT

COMMUNITY VISITS

The past few months have been busy for Matawa

Regional Framework department staff and our lead

negoti ati ons team. The group has visited with RFA

teams and had community meeti ngs in Long Lake

#58, Aroland, Ginoogaming, Constance Lake, Neskantaga,

Nibinamik and also met with the Marten Falls

staff in their new Thunder Bay locati on. Matawa Lead

Negoti ator Bob Rae and his assistant Bryce Edwards

also visited Webequie. The group included Matawa

staff Kathy Brady and Rosanna Peever, along with

new staff members Brook Mainville and Holly Pyhti la,

who all att ended the AGM in Eabametoong. They

had great turnout for meeti ngs on their community

tour and received tremendous constructi ve feedback

which will help feed into the Regional Framework

processes. By the end of summer all 9 Matawa communities will have met with the new RFD staff and

had RFA updates, and community visits will conti nue

as the RFA process unfolds.

In respect to broadband issues that address the environment; .......

iQ3. Are there any impacts to fish? We have asked Four Rivers to look into any environmental impacts and our plan is to avoid cultural, sensitive, traditional values and sites. We are working with the local land use planning committee and others in the land and resource office that have knowledge of fish spawning areas so we can avoid them.

GLTA,

TM.