The backlash against the Trudeau government’s proposed Métis self-government legislation is “largely based on misconceptions,” the minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations said on Thursday, as he appeared unmoved by a recent call for the bill's withdrawal.
The Métis Nation of Canada, a self-proclaimed Indigenous group not recognized by the federal government, Métis or First Nations, sparked debate earlier this fall when it set up shop in an Ottawa mall. Critics accuse the group of identity theft, but its leader rejects the allegations.
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The Métis and Innu nations are showing solidarity with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Natan Obed, after he released an open letter denouncing what he calls “illegitimate claims to Inuit rights” being advanced by a self-identified Indigenous group in southern and central Labrador.