Metis Settlements Act News Today

The Metis Settlements General Council and Alberta’s government signed a protocol agreement committing to continued partnership and support in this historic relationship.

Minister of Indigenous Relations Rick Wilson issued the following statement on Proclamation Day:

Bill 57, the Metis Settlements Amendment Act, would modernize the Metis Settlements Act to increase community sustainability and fiscal autonomy for the eight Metis Settlements in Alberta.

  The Metis Settlements General Council in Alberta wants self-government, but not in the way the provincial government or the coronavirus pandemic is dictating. General Council President Herb Lehr says the province is dictating how the Metis Settlements Act, a 30-year-old piece of legislation that governs Metis settlements, must be amended. “Theyre saying theyre going to implement all these changes to the Metis Settlements Act and I, for one, am not supportive of any of those changes unti...