Background

Tansi, my name is Robert, but many know me by Robbie. I am of cree/tshmisian ancestry and approaching 48 years old. I was raised on our trap line with my grandparents in big slew till 5 years old then was reunited with my siblings and parents in Kelly Lak(K.L). I then attended school till 15 in K.l, in that time i was part of the almighty Kelly lake warriors.  It always gave me great pride for what we accomplished with only 5 boys in our age bracket. Other than sports, I was part of the school committee, and was a typical boy who loved catching frogs , fishing, hunting and making up games to keep  entertained. My passion for the outdoors got me to go to college and get into fish and wildlife at age 18. Sadly they canceled the course do to low enrollment. I moved to grande prairie afterwards becoming a mill shift leader. After years i decided to work for the community in the oil and gas sector as a certified faller. As a faller I got experience working with great companies such as Nehyo , Kiyanow and Nipawan. In this time, the sector was at a slow pace, therefore  decided to move to Vancouver and worked as a supervisor an exterior house detailer (9 years) but in 2021 I moved back to the area and current doing sporadic  employment with  the community as a wildlife monitor (KLFN) , and security work with Gericho. In regards to politics,  I have always been a liberal at heart as I believe in native rights, gender and racial equality and the importance of promoting education and having empathy for one another.

The mandate/plan

1. Governance development, commuinty development, services and culture and language traditions:

Establishing a constitution and policies  is crucial. It is important as its consist of many important aspects such as self determination, sovernity , land and resource rights , health and social well being, political representation, reconciliation that will help in working with branches of government moving forward. It is also just important that we work to implement  policies that work and not cause division. The main goal is earn the trust of the community, the government and partners and have the intent of open dialague when implementing or implemented. Policies I find important are pushing empahsis on education ( scholarship, upgrading, ability to use social media and Artificial intellgence) Healthcare ( community doctor/nurse visits, programs for healthy living [ treatment, promoting fitness, and clean water (Employment)  creating jobs for the within the community such as security, environmental and housing. We need to use our members  skills to build our nation and to promote areas of need for workers such as construction, machine operators, mechanics, laison workers and even entrepreneurship. If you have certain skills, we must utilize it , examples could be cooking ( community food truck) mechanics, (community garage) , machine operator,  ( clearing  for houses or farm land). Hunters and berry pickers ( community food program, and ) Transportation ( deliveries of food for community,  programs to buy in bulk to reduce cost  for members) specific goals ( treatment programs to defer members away from drug and alcohol, monthly events for participation and community involvement ex. Bingos , poker  tournaments, karaoke nights , culture night , barbecues, fishing Derbys). Traditional ( establishing cree classes on regular basis,  harvesting food,  preservation programs and use of plant medicines, and the importance of spiritual connection.

Conclusion:

As your candidate, I will promote openess, transparency and fairness, and will strive to keep the community informed and make it my priority to work on your behalf. I am running on my past work experience as it allowed me too work with others, follow directions , work within the rules, have the understanding of the importance of safety,  the importance of involvement, and doing one's best to do it right.  My political obsession has gained me experience of the municipal, provincial and federal levels and also the connection between industry,  government and local first nation communities. I am sure there is more I should share but we will end it here , and I will end  with a big thank you to the current administration , you guys did an amazing job and we wouldn't be this far without you guys. Aho