I wouldn't say excluded, as any sort of a calculated movement on behalf of anyone, but I was paying attention on Tuesday night when this was being discussed, and the question came up about the Alberta Métis settlements. Those are the only land-based Métis in the world that are called Métis.
I was at one of the consultation sessions in Edmonton, back in July. I only found out about it the night before, so I dropped everything to go to that. There was no one there from the Métis Settlements General Council.