Real Change: A New Plan For a Strong Middle Class (page 48)

« The Government of Canada welcomes Mr. Isaac’s report. We are fully committed to advancing a nation-to-nation, government-to-government relationship with the Métis Nation through working in partnership with the Métis National Council, its Governing Members and the Métis Settlements General Council, on how the recommendations made in Mr. Isaac’s report could enhance and support the work we have already begun. Notably, we have already signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Reconciliation with the MMF on May 27, 2016, which sets out a mutually agreeable path forward on finding a shared solution on implementing the Manitoba Metis Federation Decision. »

(Press release, July 21, 2016)

“Initiating annual summits with the Prime Minister, key Ministers and First Nations, Inuit and Métis leadership to establish policy priorities as part of new permanent bilateral mechanisms with these groups.”

“Budget 2017 also proposes to invest $84.9 million over the next five years, and $28.3 million per year ongoing, to build the governance capacity of the Métis National Council and its five provincial Governing Members. This will lay the foundation for a new relationship with Métis Peoples and support collaborative work with the federal government on moving toward Métis self-government and self-determination. Funding will also support Métis identification registries and the review of existing programs and services.” 

(Building a strong middle class, March 22, 2017)

"Three of the country’s largest Indigenous groups – the Assembly of First Nations, the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the Metis National Council – all bowed out of the talks in Bouctouche, N.B., held a day before provincial leaders are set to gather in St. Andrew’s, N.B., for their annual Council of the Federation meetings Thursday and Friday."

(Global News, July 18, 2018)

"The Government of Canada is committed to working on a nation-to-nation, government-to-government basis with the Métis Nation to advance reconciliation and renew the relationship through co-operation, respect for Métis rights, and ending the status quo.

The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, and David Chartrand, President of the Manitoba Metis Federation, today announced the parties have agreed to a three-part plan for moving forward together to advance reconciliation with the Manitoba Métis Community."

(Manitoba Metis Federation and Government of Canada announce joint action plan on Advancing Reconciliation - Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), September 22, 2018)

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON ADVANCING RECONCILIATION

Framework Agreement for Advancing Reconciliation