David Chartrand was given a ticket last month for angling without a licence, but said he had not been charged with anything, was not breaking the law, and was exercising his right to fish
President of the Manitoba Métis Federation David Chartrand speaks to media after the 43rd Manitoba legislature throne speech at the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg on Nov. 21, 2023.A recent interaction between a conservation officer and David Chartrand, president of the Manitoba Métis Federation, appears set to become the latest skirmish in the battle over Indigenous hunting and fishing rights in the province.
“One of the officers was trying to figure out what he had to do, and I think he was not properly briefed,” Chartrand said in an interview this week. The Manitoba government recognizes Métis natural resource harvesting rights, which includes the right to fish without a licence, in most of southern, central and western Manitoba, along with a small area in the northwest. The area does not include lakes close to Cranberry Portage.
“We object to the expansion of Métis harvesting rights in the north and, very importantly, prior to any discussion of lands or harvesting rights with the Métis, First Nations land claims and other related issues must be resolved,” Chief Angela Levasseur of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation said. The areas, proposed by the federation in 2016, do not go as far as Churchill but include a stretch of northern Manitoba in and around Cranberry Portage.
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