{"id":51602,"date":"2025-01-16T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=51602"},"modified":"2025-01-16T07:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T11:30:00","slug":"sipeknekatik-first-nation-achieves-fmbs-highest-level-of-financial-systems-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=51602","title":{"rendered":"Sipekne\u2019katik First Nation achieves FMB\u2019s highest level of financial systems certification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;230&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SIPEKNE&#8217;KATIK FIRST NATION:<\/strong> A Central Nova Scotia First Nation has received Financial Management System (FMS) Certification from the First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that Sipekn&#8217;katik&#8217;s finance and administrative governance practices now meet FMS standards, which are based on internationally recognized standards of financial management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of council, I am honoured to inform our members that we have achieved Financial Management System certification from the First Nations Financial Management Board,\u201d said Chief Michelle Glasgow.&nbsp; \u201cThis milestone is in keeping with requests of us to have greater accountability, transparency and responsibility around our collective financial management.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In addition to the benefits to our members directly, this also sends a strong signal to our business partners, now and to come, that we are open for business and are fiscally responsible \u2013 a key to our future economic growth and success.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I wish to thank the community for its direction and patience and the team of staff and council who worked hard to bring to reality this important achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;218&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;115&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief and council for the Mi\u2019kmaq community of nearly 3,000 citizens are committed to advancing economic development for the benefit of its citizens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sipekne&#8217;katik is currently developing a 95-hectare parcel of land adjacent to the TransCanada Highway, with plans for large-scale economic activity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other business enterprises include tobacco sales, gaming, fishing, and a gas bar. The Nation recently purchased Tidal Bore Rafting Resort, a whitewater rafting company on the Shubenacadie River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Housing is also a top priority for Sipekne\u2019katik. They recently announced plans to build 20 new homes \u2013 four three-bedroom homes and 16 one-bedrooms, funded through federal resources, existing housing program funds, and social rent income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;230&#8243;] SIPEKNE&#8217;KATIK FIRST NATION: A Central Nova Scotia First Nation has received Financial Management System (FMS) Certification from the First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB). This means that Sipekn&#8217;katik&#8217;s finance and administrative governance practices now meet FMS standards, which are based on internationally recognized standards of financial management. \u201cOn behalf of council, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[965,957],"tags":[196,7618,7619,50,1637,48,2390,396],"class_list":["post-51602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-hants","category-news","tag-east-hants","tag-first-nations-financial-management-board","tag-fmb","tag-halifax","tag-housing","tag-n-s","tag-sipeknekatik-first-nation","tag-truro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/51605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}