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Subject: Metis National Council and Law Commission of Canada announce national
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METIS NATIONAL COUNCIL
Transmitted by CNW Group on : December 1, 2005 05:00
Metis National Council and Law Commission of Canada announce national symposium
on Crown-Métis relations
OTTAWA, Dec. 1 /CNW Telbec/ - Today, Clément Chartier, President of
the
Métis National Council (MNC) and Yves Le Bouthillier, President of the Law
Commission of Canada (LCC) announced that the MNC and LCC will co-host a
national symposium on Crown-Métis Relations in Winnipeg, Manitoba from
February 5th to 7th, 2006. A copy of the draft agenda for the symposium is
attached and available at www.metisnation.ca .
The symposium will explore with academics, lawyers, government
officials
and Métis leadership the issues that require action and clarification in order
to improve Crown-Métis relations. These sessions and discussions will focus on
jurisdictional questions, the implications of the Supreme Court of Canada's
decisions on Métis rights, Métis identity, Métis self-government and the state
of current Crown-Métis relations. Specifically, the following four areas will
be tackled at the symposium:
- Are the Métis people "Indians" within section 91(24) of the
Constitution Act, 1867?;
- The Doctrine of Inter-Jurisdictional Immunity and the Aboriginal
Rights
of the Métis;
- Moving Forward on the Métis Self-Government Agenda; and
- Métis Identification and Citizenship.
Flowing from the symposium, a single volume book will be published,
which
will include the papers presented by selected panelists and the discussions
from the sessions. It is anticipated that the book and these papers within it
will be used to inform the evolving relationship between the Métis and the
Crown.
"One of the key drivers for the symposium is that major changes are
afoot
with respect to the Métis Nation's reality in Canada. The unanimous Supreme
Court of Canada judgment affirming the constitutional rights of the Métis
people; the signing of a Canada-Métis Nation Framework Agreement in May 2005
and the recent First Ministers Meeting on Aboriginal Issues have been
generating a new climate in Crown-Métis relations," said President Chartier.
President Le Bouthillier added, "The Law Commission of Canada is
pleased
to partner with the Métis Nation on this important undertaking. We believe
this symposium and the materials flowing from it will be useful and
informative as governments and Métis move forward together.
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/For further information: Robert McDonald, Director of Public and Media
Relations, (613) 232-3216/
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