Dan Luxat News Today

A Federal Court judge had some tough questions Wednesday for lawyers representing six eastern Ontario First Nations challenging the Métis Nation of Ontario’s self-government agreement. “Where does your client get the authority?” asked Associate Judge Benoit Duchesne

The Métis Nation of Ontario was in court Tuesday urging a judge to dismiss a challenge to the group’s self-government agreement with Canada, which a First Nations tribal council rejects as “colonization 2.0” and “an existential threat” to their rights.