That the Secretariat of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River hereby enters in the Register the formal Objection to the Proposed Amalgamation Study between the Corporation of the City of Brantford and the Corporation of the County of Brant, issued by the Secretary-General on 3 January 2025.
The instrument
Superseded by G61.
[Register note: this text stood as “Gazette No. 57” in the Gazettes Master v3 of 19 April 2026. It is G56 in the certified Index REG001-260908-000282, which governs; the number printed below is the April number.]
Gazette No. 57 — Objection to the Proposed Amalgamation Study — Brantford and County of Brant
3 April 2026 (Date of Registration) · Original: 3 January 2025
Gazette No.: GZT001-050400-000057 [now GZT001-260204-000057]
Register Entry No.: REG001-050400-000057
Tracking Code: SG1201-050000-000057 Status: Perfected — Registered and Published
NOTICE OF RETROSPECTIVE REGISTRATION
Formal Objection to Proposed Municipal Amalgamation — 3 January 2025
Retrospective entry under Rule 11. Original instrument: 3 January 2025. Date of registration: 3 April 2026.
Be it known and placed on record:
That the Secretariat of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River hereby enters in the Register the formal Objection to the Proposed Amalgamation Study between the Corporation of the City of Brantford and the Corporation of the County of Brant, issued by the Secretary-General on 3 January 2025.
I. THE OBJECTION AND ITS RECIPIENTS
The objection was served simultaneously upon:
(i) Mayor Kevin Davis, Corporation of the City of Brantford
(ii) Mayor David Bailey, Corporation of the County of Brant
(iii) Paul Calandra, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Province of Ontario
(iv) Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, Government of Canada
(v) Elected Chief and Council, Six Nations of the Grand River
All five parties are thereby on formal notice as of January 3, 2025, that the Mohawk Nation of Grand River has formally objected to the proposed amalgamation. The SNEC is on record as having received this notice.
II. THE SUBSTANCE OF THE OBJECTION
The proposed amalgamation of the Corporation of the City of Brantford with the Corporation of the County of Brant would constitute a significant change to municipal governance within the Grand River Territory. The Secretariat’s position is that: any proposed amalgamation within the Grand River Territory must recognize the Mohawk Nation’s exclusive rights under the Haldimand Proclamation; no municipal governance study or amalgamation can proceed without meaningful consultation with the Mohawk Nation and full recognition of the Haldimand Proclamation’s prior claims; and the proposed amalgamation directly affects the Mohawk Nation’s rights and the future of its people within the Haldimand Tract.
The objection specifically cited the following foundational instruments of the Nation:
(i) The Great Charter of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River
(ii) The Declaration of Independence of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River (10 July 2019)
(iii) The Constitution of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River
(iv) The Haldimand Pledge (1779)
(v) The Haldimand Proclamation (1784)
III. THE MINISTER OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS
The service of this objection on the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing is of particular significance. The Minister’s mandate requires consideration of municipal governance changes within Ontario. The Secretariat’s objection places the Minister on formal notice that any amalgamation study or decision affecting the Grand River Territory is subject to the prior constitutional burden of the Haldimand Proclamation.
EXECUTION
Executed under the authority of the Secretariat of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River.
Secretary-General
Date
CERTIFICATION OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL
I certify that this instrument has been duly received, examined, and entered in the Register of the Nation of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River Secretariat as a retrospective entry under Rule 11 of the Rules of the Register.
Gazette No.: GZT001-050400-000056 [now GZT001-260204-000056]
Register Entry No.: REG001-050400-000056
Original Code / Reference: SG0311-250103-T0001
Original Date: 3 January 2025
Nature: Retrospective — Rule 11
Recipients: City of Brantford (Mayor Davis); County of Brant (Mayor Bailey); Minister Calandra (Ontario); Minister Anandasangaree (Canada); SNEC (Chief and Council)
Cross-Reference: GZT001-050300-000009 [now GZT001-260204-000009] (Declaration of Territorial Jurisdiction); GZT001-010300-000032 [now GZT001-260204-000032] (External Correspondence Record)
Registrar General
Date of Registration
This instrument forms part of the permanent record of the Secretariat.
Mohawk Nation of Grand River · Grand River Territory
