Mr. Michael Schintz at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On December 13th, 2023. See this statement in context.

December 13th, 2023 / 11:30 a.m.

Federal Negotiations Manager, Negotiations - Central, Treaties and Aboriginal Government, Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs

Michael Schintz

Mr. Viersen, we have given an answer to this question several times. There's nothing about the way this bill is structured that will impose a governance system on another Métis government.

The entities we're speaking of in this bill and that we're proposing to recognize in it are well-defined entities with their own citizens. This is a bill about governance over their citizens.

We have nothing further to add.

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