On October 26, 2018, Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak/Women of the Métis Nation (LFMO) received an invitation from a senior Assistant Deputy Minister, on behalf of the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs (CIRNA) the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, to put forward a “Policy Submission” that provides a Métis women’s perspective on the Recognition and Implementation of Rights Framework (RIRF). Following the launch of the Recognition and Implementation of Rights Framework on February 14, 2018, Canada worked collaboratively with Indigenous Peoples to fulfill a plan that would result in legislation and policies that would recognize, among other things, the inherent rights of self-determination and self-government for Indigenous Peoples.
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