Saskatoon Tribal Council’s chief and other First Nations communities are demanding answers and calling for change after an audit found “questionable” expenses by the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations ( FSIN ).

The audit, made public this week, found $34 million in expenditures between April 2019 and March 2024 that it deemed “questionable,” with about $3.7 million deemed “ineligible.”

“I was embarrassed,” Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand told reporters.

Conducted by KPMG LLP on behalf of Indigenous Services Canada’s Assessment and Investigation Services Branch (AISB), the audit was launched after AISB received allegations about a lack of transparency in the organizations, as well as concerns about its expenses and use of administration fees.

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