Supporting Métis Nation Priorities

Continuing to move forward on self-government with Metis Nation partners to implement their visions of self determination by:

  • Continue working with the Manitoba Métis Federation to move forward on their Manitoba Métis Self Government Recognition and Implementation Agreement.
  • Continue working with the Métis Nation of Alberta to move forward on their Métis Government Recognition and Self-Government Agreement.
  • Continue working with the Métis Nation of Ontario to move forward on their Métis Government Recognition and Self-Government.
  • Continue working with the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan to move forward on their Métis Government Recognition and Self-Government.
  • Moving forward on the Self Government Framework Agreement with the Northwest Territory Métis Nation.
  • Co-developing and continuing to invest in a distinction-based Mental Health and Wellness Strategy that meets the deep and unique needs of all Métis Nation to address the ongoing impacts of colonization and residential schools. A co-developed mental health and wellness strategy could also respond to the prevalent opioid crisis, include culturally appropriate wraparound services for addictions and trauma, suicide, and life promotion, and the building of treatment centres based on the priorities of Métis Nation communities.
  • Working with Métis Nation to ensure that the Indigenous Languages Act continues to be fully implemented, in order to preserve, promote, and revitalize Indigenous languages in Canada, supported with long-term, predictable, and sufficient funding.
  • Working with Métis Nation to continue to fully implement An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families with long-term, predictable, and sufficient funding to support its full implementation.
  • Continuing—in close collaboration with Métis Nation—to deliver distinctions-based support in response to COVID-19.
  • Continuing to develop a new national benefits-sharing framework to ensure that Métis Nation communities directly benefit from major resource projects in their territories.
  • We will continue to work in partnership with Métis Nation through the economic recovery and to support the growth of Métis Nation economies.
  • Fully implementing An Act respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and co-developing the Action Plan to achieve the objectives of the Declaration.
  • Working with Métis Nation to implement $2.2 billion over 5 years beginning in 2021-22, and $160.9 million ongoing, to address violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people through implementation of the Federal Pathway and the 2021 National Action Plan.
  • Continuing to work in partnership with Métis Nation on addressing climate change, specifically in tracking the impacts of climate change on their traditional lands and waters and charting collaborative strategies forward.
  • As set out in our permanent bilateral process, we commit to meet regularly with Métis Nation partners to make progress on Métis priorities.