MP pushes for action on MNS governance dispute

Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River MP Rob Clarke wants to freeze funding for the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan as the organization is embroiled in internal struggle. Some MN-S executive members brought the issue before the Court of Queen’s Bench in Saskatoon asking for an injunction claiming that MN-S President Robert Doucette went against the organization’s constitution when he called the September MNLA assembly without the council’s consent. Judgment will be rendered in November. “Given the lack of answer to date, I am asking the Minister of Aboriginal Affair to take this matter into his own hands by directing his department to undertake an investigation to ensure that all laws and regulations are being followed,” Clarke said in a news release. Doucette has called for his own meeting with Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada Bernard Valcourt in order to address Clarke’s allegations.