MNO’s Founding Self-Government Vision

The Métis Nation of Ontario’s Founding Delegates Assembly took place from May 5 to 7, 1994 in Toronto. 

Throughout the Assembly, attending Métis leaders from the seven historic Métis communities in northern Ontario and Métis communities from the prairies debated and adopted numerous resolutions intended to inform the MNO’s future direction.

This included unanimously adopting a mandate to negotiate Métis self-government with provincial and federal governments, as well as a founding articulation of the Métis Nation of Ontario’s vision for Métis self-government in the province: 

“the Metis Nation of Ontario further believes that self-government means the uncontested authority to define and implement the full jurisdiction, rights, freedoms, powers and privileges of the Metis Nation”

Métis Nation of Ontario citizens have continued to build upon this founding Métis self-government vision and mandate at successive Annual General Assemblies, informing their Métis government’s distinctions-based rights recognition and implementation efforts to this day.

See Our Sources

• Record of Motions - MNO Founding Delegates Assembly

• MNC Expert Panel Final Report

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