Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  One of the biggest challenges—the Supreme Court of Canada has said the Métis are living in what's called a legal lacuna, i.e., a legal gap—is a lack of policy. Many of the policies you're talking about in relation to dealing with first nations land or Inuit simply don't exist wit

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  On your first question about self-government, the history of the Métis and first nations are almost like Through the Looking Glass. Canada's approach in the first nations context was control and assimilation through the Indian Act and other measures. For the Métis, it was, “Well,