Alberta Métis challenge a ‘test case’ on duty to negotiate with Indigenous peoples: lawyer

By Ian Burns ( February 9, 2022, 3:14 PM EST) -- The organization representing Alberta Métis has taken the provincial government to court over its decision to cut off negotiations on a policy that would have provided a framework for consultation on rights, and a lawyer involved in the case is saying the action will be the first in Canada to deal with the parameters of the Crown’s duty to negotiate with Indigenous peoples. . . .