Environment committee  Thank you very much. I'm hoping my voice maintains, my apologies. On behalf of the Métis National Council president, Clément Chartier, I thank the committee for its important work and study, and for creating space for the Métis Nation in this important dialogue. The Métis pe

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, sir, it does, because of the requirement to self-identify as a distinct people.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I'll just wrap up by saying that legislation that regulates cultural identity interrupts self-governance processes at the community level. It interrupts those processes in the community in which the individual originally held status and the new co

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. The inter-marriage of first nations and Métis people is a contemporary reality. It's also a historical reality. So it's very possible that a person registered under the Indian Act could have Métis Nation ancestry. Removal from the Indian Act registry

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. I'd like to begin by thanking the chair and the honourable members for inviting the Métis National Council to appear before you today. The Métis National Council represents between 350,000 and 400,000 Métis people from Ontario westward. The Métis have a major intere