Metis potentially receiving First Nation’s status and rights continues to dominate conversions at First Nation’s political meetings and Six Nations is at the forefront. Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) members attended meetings for the Chiefs of Ontario (COO), Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and, Iroquois Caucus in the last three weeks and the Metis issue was brought up at all of them, which SNEC discussed at its Political Liaison meeting on December 11. Elected Chief Sheri-Lyn Hill discovered she’s responsible for the Bill C-53 portfolio for the Iroquois Caucus said she is working to get up to speed. Bill C-53, which passed second reading in June and has been sent to a standing committee to accept First Nations positions on the bill, before going to a third reading and then…
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