Metis Nation of Ontario President Margaret Froh takes part in a press conference following a Metis National Council meeting in Ottawa on Thursday, June 1, 2023.
Ontario Métis leaders deny allegations of identity theft made at a summit in Winnipeg, accusing opponents of politicizing Métis identity, flip-flopping on well-documented past positions and circulating falsehoods.Métis Nation of Ontario President Margaret Froh takes part in a news conference following a Métis National Council meeting in Ottawa in June 2023.
Case called the summit a "hate rally" in a Facebook post, and told CBC Indigenous he feels that way because it was based on "nonsense." Mitch Case is regional councillor for the MNO's Huron-Superior Regional Métis community and hails from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., where the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed Métis hunting rights in 2003.
Belcourt wrote a Facebook post on May 15 calling the summit a "misguided stunt" that exposes all Métis to suspicion, ridicule and hate. "The repercussions of all of this are very serious. It's affecting the well-being and the lives of our children," he said.
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