Mr. Garrett Tomlinson at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

I can speak to that.

The Métis settlements operate under provincial legislation in Alberta and are a creature of provincial statutes. They sit within their own legislative framework, and have for a significant period of time, whereas the Otipemisiwak Métis Government in the Métis nation of Alberta, although being the body that led to the creation of the settlements, exists under the Societies Act, within a different frame and different legislative sphere.