Memo outlines possible response to Supreme Court on Métis and non-status Indians – Toronto Star
May 15, 2015
Canada is prepared to discuss changes to federal programs in response to future Supreme Court ruling on Métis and non-status Indians, suggests a memo obtained by the Star.
OTTAWA—A briefing note prepared for Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt sheds light on how the federal government plans to respond if the Supreme Court rules in favour of recognizing Métis and non-status Indians in the Constitution.
“Expectations on access to federal programs are high,” said the memo prepared June 13, 2014 and released to the Star in response to an access-to-information request.
The Supreme Court of Canada is expected to hear arguments from the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples and the federal government — as well as several other interested groups — this October in a case first launched in 1999 by Métis leader Harry Daniels.
