The deal builds off a $154-million funding agreement signed in 2018.
Tuesday s announcement took place at Upper Fort Garry Heritage Provincial Park in downtown Winnipeg.(Jeff Stapleton/CBC)
Some of the money was to be invested to improve the social and economic well-being of Métis people in Manitoba, in areas like housing, health, child care and early learning.
The plan also began a process of working toward a self-government agreement, which would recognize the federation as a Métis government.
At the time, Chartrand said the Metis Federation was forced to structure itself as a corporation due to federal and provincial laws, which meant that other governments do not recognize its authority.
Winnipeg Free Press By: Editorial | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Monday, Jul. 5, 2021
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The seated statue of Queen Victoria on the Manitoba Legislature grounds fell victim on Thursday to a group of protesters equipped with ropes who had split off from the peaceful Canada Day march in support of residential school survivors. The 19th-century British monarch’s bronze image was pulled down from its pedestal and daubed with red paint.
The seated statue of Queen Victoria on the Manitoba Legislature grounds fell victim on Thursday to a group of protesters equipped with ropes who had split off from the peaceful Canada Day march in support of residential school survivors. The 19th-century British monarch’s bronze image was pulled down from its pedestal and daubed with red paint.
Winnipeg Free Press By: Dean Pritchard | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Monday, Jun. 28, 2021 Save to Read Later
A Winnipeg man arrested for defacing a monument to fallen RCMP officers and spray painting graffiti on the Canadian Museum for Human Rights says his actions set back the very cause he was trying to support.
A Winnipeg man arrested for defacing a monument to fallen RCMP officers and spray painting graffiti on the Canadian Museum for Human Rights says his actions set back the very cause he was trying to support. This is a very big issue I really believe in, but I don’t think my actions furthered the movement at all, Carter Grycko told provincial court Judge Kael McKenzie at a sentencing hearing Friday.
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Minister of Northern Affairs says if anyone responsible is alive: Of course they need to be charged
Manitoba Liberal MP and Minister of Northern Affairs Dan Vandal: accountability (Justin Tang / The Canadian Press Files)
Legal action must be taken against anyone found responsible for crimes against children at Canada’s residential schools, says Minister of Northern Affairs Dan Vandal.
Legal action must be taken against anyone found responsible for crimes against children at Canada’s residential schools, says Minister of Northern Affairs Dan Vandal. Of course they need to be charged, Vandal said in an interview Sunday with CTV’s Question Period.
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