Glen Gwiingos Hare
Ontario Regional Chief

Glen Gwiingos Hare is the Ontario Regional Chief. First Nation Chiefs elected him as a candidate for the Ontario Regional Chief on June 16, 2022.  He has been happily married for 49 years to his wife Sally and with the support of my four boys, he stated he is ready to work for the Nations as the Ontario Regional Chief.  He knows about commitment to family and communities.  

His familiarity with key Government Provincial and Federal levels is what he brings to the table, after all the advocacy at the Chiefs of Ontario level is crucial to addressing First Nation priorities.

As the former Grand Council Chief with Anishinabek Nation, he worked tirelessly listening and getting answers to First Nation needs. When he worked with the Grand Council Chiefs in the Chiefs of Ontario Leadership Council they highlighted many issues that needed to be addressed.

Major action will be required to coordinate a lobby effort to get a fair share of resources.  With existing government programs we will need to aggressively lobby for more funding.  Ontario Regional Chief Hare says we need to start talking at all levels about joint ventures, look at the economies of scale, small business development and definitely work collaboratively at a solid economic plan.  His position is that we need to work on a region by region basis …there is no one size fits all.

Glen Hare stated he doesn’t take the Ontario Regional Chief position lightly.  The Ontario Regional Chief position is one of his political positions as he stated he has been at the tables for 38 years now, starting as a First Nation Councillor, First Nation Chief for 20 years, and then Deputy Grand Chief at Anishinabek Nation and Grand Chief at the Anishinabek Nation.