Mississaugas of Credit First Nation get $30 million advance on future resolution of two treaty areas

MISSISSAUGAS OF CREDIT FIRST NATION-The Mississauga’s of the Credit First Nation have accepted a $30 million advance payment from the Canadian government for a future resolution to the Nation’s Treaty 22 and 23 land claims. Ogimaa-Kwe (Chief) Claire Sault of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation (MCFN) and Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, announced an agreement on March 2 at St. Regis Hotel in Toronto that will see the federal government provide an advance payment of $30 million for a future resolution of the First Nation’s Treaty 22 and Treaty 23 specific claim. “Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation see this Advance Payment as a good-faith gesture by Canada, and as evidence of its seriousness…

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