Upcoming vote on MNA’s new bylaws is embroiled in court action – Windspeaker.com

May 25th, 2023

“I think that’s disappointing to characterize them as acting as somehow rogue actors. But it’s not necessarily surprising because that’s been the positioning all along…” — Orlagh O’Kelly, legal counsel for the Grande Cache Mountain Métis Local

Members of the Métis Nation of Alberta (MNA) will be voting on new bylaws in a special meeting May 27 that will bring the association in line with the Otipemisiwak Métis Government Constitution ratified last November.

However, if the bylaws, which change the governance structure of the MNA, including replacing locals with districts, are passed they won’t come into effect immediately or at all if the Grande Cache Mountain Métis Local (GCMML) is successful in its court challenge.

GCMML began court action in November 2022 challenging the authority of the present MNA provincial council.

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