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By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca OTTAWA, ONT. \u2014 A meeting with the federal government and M\u00e9tis Nations of Canada did not have representatives from British Columbia at the table. A press release on Wednesday, August 6th from the M\u00e9tis Nation British Columbia (MNBC) says the Nation decided not to attend the M\u00e9tis summit on the Building Canada Act with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa on Thursday, August 7th. The statement said MNBC was only asked to sit in the meeting as an \u201conline observer,\u201d which it branded a \u201cdisappointing step backwards\u201d in the relationship between the Nation and the federal government. MNBC president Walter Mineault, who is from Dawson Creek, said the Nation \u201chas committed to collaborating with Canada to address challenges, seize opportunities and uphold… <\/p>\n

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By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca OTTAWA, ONT. \u2014 A meeting with the federal government and M\u00e9tis Nations of Canada did not have representatives from British Columbia at the table. A press release on Wednesday, August 6th from the M\u00e9tis Nation British Columbia (MNBC) says the Nation decided not to attend the M\u00e9tis summit on the Building Canada Act with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa on Thursday, August 7th. The statement said MNBC was only asked to sit in the meeting as an \u201conline observer,\u201d which it branded a \u201cdisappointing step backwards\u201d in the relationship between the Nation and the federal government. MNBC president Walter Mineault, who is from Dawson Creek, said the Nation \u201chas committed to collaborating with Canada to address challenges, seize opportunities and uphold... <\/p>\n

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