National Chief Phil Fontaine of the Assembly of First Nations just got a raise.
Fontaine got a 50-per-cent salary increase approved by chiefs at the latest AFN meeting.His salary jumps from $85,000 to $125,000 a year.
Only 4 per cent of the AFN’s 630 chiefs, or 25 odd chiefs, were present for the vote.According to a Canadian Press story, Fontaine said he never asked for the raise and itwas the chiefs who insisted on giving it to him. The National Chief’s salary had beenfrozen for over a decade.
