\u00a0By Aaron Walker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com A 32-year-old lawsuit asserting M\u00e9tis title across a vast northern claim area is poised to return to a Saskatchewan courtroom. It revives a legal test of whether Canada could extinguish collective M\u00e9tis land rights by issuing scrip to individuals. Gerald Morin, one of the original plaintiffs and now an adviser to M\u00e9tis Nation\u2013Saskatchewan (MN\u2013S), told Windspeaker the plaintiffs have applied to lift a stay imposed in 2005. He expects the matter to be before the Court of King\u2019s Bench for Saskatchewan sometime in October. \u201cI can\u2019t tell you how good it feels,\u201d Morin said. It became difficult to hold onto hope that the land claim would move forward and that the underlying land issues would be addressed, he said. \u201cI\u2019m very happy… <\/p>\n
\u00a0By Aaron Walker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com A 32-year-old lawsuit asserting M\u00e9tis title across a vast northern claim area is poised to return to a Saskatchewan courtroom. It revives a legal test of whether Canada could extinguish collective M\u00e9tis land rights by issuing scrip to individuals. Gerald Morin, one of the original plaintiffs and now an adviser to M\u00e9tis Nation\u2013Saskatchewan (MN\u2013S), told Windspeaker the plaintiffs have applied to lift a stay imposed in 2005. He expects the matter to be before the Court of King\u2019s Bench for Saskatchewan sometime in October. \u201cI can\u2019t tell you how good it feels,\u201d Morin said. It became difficult to hold onto hope that the land claim would move forward and that the underlying land issues would be addressed, he said. \u201cI\u2019m very happy... <\/p>\n