Make a decision on the MNO’s historic communities, judge tells Metis National Council

 By Shari Narine  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter An Ontario Superior Court judge is ordering the Metis National Council (MNC) to take a position. The judge wants to know whether the national council believes the six historic Metis communities claimed by the Metis Nation of Ontario (MNO) “fall within or don’t fall within” the Metis Nation homeland boundaries. These historic communities have been controversial since MNO expanded beyond the Metis Nation’s stated homeland in 2017. In his Sept. 28 written ruling following a discovery examination earlier in the year, Justice Robert Centa said the question put forward by the Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) regarding the national council’s position on the matter is a relevant one. “I order MNC to provide a complete and substantive answer,” wrote Centa, who gave the council 20…

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