Goodleaf Resigns From The MCK
Written by Jeremy Zafran on 1 November 2022
Ratitsénhaienhs Barton Goodleaf has resigned from the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake. Goodleaf was elected to the position in the July, 2021 MCK general election. At the time of his resignation, he was the lead on the Health Portfolio, as well as being a member of several other Portfolio teams.
It’s not an easy decision,” Goodleaf told K1037 News. “The community put their faith in me and I wholeheartedly appreciate the whole community putting their faith in me and me expecting to perform miracles and to do the job to the best of my ability. It wasn’t an easy decision to resign. Very hard. Very hard tough decision to make. I wanted to say to the community that it’s been an honour to serve our community. I love our community.”
Ohen:ton Íien:te ne Ratitsénhaienhs (Grand Chief) Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer telling K1037 News that he will be missed:
“Some disappointment, another council member leaving,” Sky-Deer told K1037 News. “I think his reasons are more personal. He sent us a message in our chiefs group chat on Monday expressing that it was hard for him to come to this decision but he didn’t come to it lightly. He wrestled with it but ultimately it was the decision that he needed to make. Obviously the timing of it isn’t the greatest in terms of voting is this evening for the election coming up this Saturday, by-election to fill the seat for AJ (Rice).”
As per the Kahnawake Election Law, further information on a pending By-election to address the resulting vacancy will be issued by the MCK Executive Office within the next five (5) days.
