FSIN – Bobby Cameron = $34m stolen

Aly Bear, Chief Bobby Cameron, David Pratt
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) and chief Bobby Cameron (bobby.cameron@fsin.com) needs to explain expenses totalling $34,251,566 after an audit conducted by Indigenous Services Canada. Transactions reviewed show $3,732,982 as ineligible program expenditures, $30,362,990 as questionable and $155,595 as unsupported. FSIN received funding between April 1, 2020 and March 31, 2023. Questions related to $7,925,783 for administration fees and $962,796 for the FSIN’s new office building.

In another example, photocopy charges exceeded actual costs by $73,974.
The FSIN (info@fsin.com) claims to represent over 160,000 people in 74 First Nations across Saskatchewan. FSIN election rules prohibit candidates with a conviction of fraud or theft from running for office. That surely didn’t stop Chief Bobby Cameron. His criminal record includes a 1993 conviction for break and enter and theft. He was re-elected for his fourth term as chief of the FSIN in 2024. He was first elected in 2015. Cameron shouldn’t have been on the ballot.

David.Pratt@fsin.com

Edward.Lerat@fsin.com

Fabian.Head@fsin.com

Craig.mccallum@fsin.com

Information surfaced only because of a lawsuit filed against former chief electoral officer, Myrna O’Soup-Bushie. (myrna.osoup-bushie@tc.gc.ca.) Her many concerns resulted in a confrontational response from the FSIN. The organization issued a press release calling O’Soup-Bushie’s report “defamatory and slanderous.”

The FSIN and its then-Chief Operating Officer Dawn Walker filed a defamation lawsuit against Myrna O’Soup on Mar. 11, 2022, one week after O’Soup allegedly sent an email to Chiefs and published a Facebook post saying she had learned new information that “seriously compromises the integrity” of the election results and calling on the RCMP to investigate.

In March 2024, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) announced it would conduct a forensic audit of FSIN’s finances. The investigation covers a five-year span starting in 2019. In June 2025 it was reported the FSIN audit shows $20 million unaccounted for. The audit was conducted by ISC, with KPMG. The final report went to ISC August 4. Indigenous Services Canada doesn’t comment on ongoing audits until they are final. “Once a forensic audit is final, a summary of the findings will be published on the Departmental website.” Rookie MP Mandy Gull-Masty (mandy.gull-masty@parl.gc.ca) was named Minister of ISC by Prime Minister Mark Carney in May 2025.

News of yet another steal could come any day. FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron has repeatedly declined repeated requests from media to comment on the audit. In a July 14 press release, Chief Kirby Constant of the James Smith Cree Nation called on the FSIN and Chief Bobby Cameron to provide transparency to the Nations it claims to represent. This as news came of a forensic audit for James Smith Cree Nation (JSCN). All expenditures from April 1, 2018, to present will be examined.

After nearly 16 years Chief Wally Burns was finally shown the door at JSCN in March 2024.

Chief Kirby Constant; “From governance to finance, every effort is being made to ensure that the structures we put in place truly serve our people …”

The Assembly of First Nations brags about it’s leadership. “As part of the Executive Committee, our Regional Chiefs work with the National Chief and the Chairperson of the Knowledge Keepers Council”. Front and center is Bobby Cameron. Here.


AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak
@chiefcindyafn
James Smith Cree Nation and Poundmaker have also confirmed forensic audits into their steals.