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Métis Nation President Chartier joins National Chief Bellegarde and ITK...
July 17, 2017 (Toronto, ON) – It has been the longstanding position of the Métis Nation that the Premiers should recognize s.35 inherent self-government rights and have intergovernmental meetings with...
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General Assembly Works on Priorities Under Canada-Métis Nation Accord
In advance of Batoche Days, the Métis Nation General Assembly convened in Saskatoon on July 19-20 to discuss reconciliation and the implementation of the Canada-Métis Nation Accord which was signed...
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Métis Nation Positions Advanced at Meeting with Energy and Mines Ministers
On August 13-14, 2017, President Chartier discussed Métis Nation priorities with Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources and provincial counterparts at the annual Energy and Mines Ministers Conference...
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Indigenous Languages Addressed at the Annual Meeting of FPTCH
On August 22, 2017, President Chartier attended a meeting on Indigenous languages with the Federal-Provincial-Territorial (FPT) Ministers Responsible for Culture and Heritage (CH) which was held in...
View ArticleMétis Nation Meets with Forest Ministers
President Chartier and Assembly of First Nations Forestry Council member Chief Bill Williams met with Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr during the conference of the Canadian Council of...
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Canada and Métis Nation Move Ahead on Priority Issues
On September 21, 2017, Six federal cabinet ministers and Métis Nation leaders met in Ottawa to review progress on priority issues under the Canada-Métis Nation Accord. The first of two Métis...
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RCMP to Return Louis Riel Artifacts to Métis Nation
At the Annual General Assembly of the Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) at Assiniboia Downs in Winnipeg Sept. 22-24, 2017, the Métis Nation in Manitoba celebrated the MMF’s 5oth anniversary and twenty...
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Métis Nation Meets First Ministers on Economic Growth
Opening Remarks Meeting of First Ministers and Indigenous Leaders Ottawa, October 3, 2017 President Clément Chartier Métis National Council Prime Minister, Premiers and fellow Indigenous leaders. The...
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Métis Nation and Federal-Provincial Ministers Focus on Economic Inclusion
Following up on the Métis Nation’s meeting with First Ministers on the economy ten days ago, President Chartier spoke with federal and provincial innovation and economic development ministers in...
View ArticleMétis Nation rights recognition seen as foundation for inclusive economic growth
Métis Nation leaders and legal experts examine economic reconciliation at Public Policy Forum in Winnipeg on November 8, 2017. In partnership with the National Indigenous Economic Development Board,...
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Métis Nation and Finance Minister Morneau Hold Pre-Budget Consultations
On November 21, 2017, President Chartier and Vice-President David Chartrand met with the federal finance Minister in Ottawa to look at Métis Nation priorities for the upcoming federal budget. “The...
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President Chartier Defines Key Elements of new Canada-Métis Nation...
At a policy conference exploring the characteristics of the nation-to-nation relationships being established by Canada with the Métis Nation, First Nations and Inuit, MNC President Clément Chartier...
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Métis Nation General Assembly Prepares for Budget 2018
A special sitting of the MNC General Assembly in Ottawa concluded today with delegates focused on the upcoming federal budget and the relationship with the Trudeau government. Since the last sitting...
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Canada and Métis Nation Launch Joint Table on Clean Growth and Climate Change
l-r: Andres Filella (MNA),Alisha Kaba (MNO), Manon Soulard (MMF), Kathy Hodgson-Smith (MNC), Dawn Pritchard (MNC), Marshall Birch (MMF), President Clément Chartier, Chris Gall (MNBC), Thomas McCallum...
View ArticleLa Loche marks the second anniversary of the tragic shootings in the community
Today, the citizens of La Loche and the Clearwater River Dene Nation are marking the second anniversary of the January 22, 2016 shooting which took several lives and wounded several others. President...
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Métis Nation Statement on Indigenous Child and Family Services Reform
January 26, 2018 (Ottawa, ON) – The Métis Nation is encouraged by the outcome of today’s emergency meeting on Indigenous Child and Family Services Reform in Ottawa involving federal, provincial and...
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MMF hosts emergency meeting of Métis Fishers
Winnipeg, MB (Feb 13, 2018) – Manitoba Metis Federation President David Chartrand brings together Métis fishers and other principals to find solutions and shape the future of the troubled fisheries...
View ArticleTrudeau government to recognize Indigenous rights as basis for all government...
In an address to the House of Commons on February 14, 2018, Prime Minister Trudeau announced an engagement process with First Nations, Inuit and the Métis Nation to formalize the recognition and...
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Budget 2018 Makes Historic Investments in Métis Nation
photo: Prime Minister with VP David Chartrand before the budget speech Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau presented a budget in the House of Commons today with unprecedented investments in Métis...
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Federal Ministers and Métis Nation Leaders Move Ahead under Canada-Métis...
The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, along with key federal Ministers responsible for priorities identified in the Canada-Métis Nation Accord,...
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