THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE REASONS FOR JUDGEMENT BY JUSTICE ALLEN D. MacINNES

TO THE METIS PEOPLE IN MANITOBA...

FOR SOME TIME ON MY BLOG SITE THE METIS STATE... I HAVE DECLARED MY STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THE METIS POSITION TO-DAY,,,,,, TAKEN BY THE NPCS THAT THEY OPERATE UNDER.....
I HAVE NO LEGAL TRAINING IN LAW... NOR DO I PRETEND TO HAVE LEGAL ADVISE FROM LAWYERS ...ALL I HAVE IS MY OWN THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS FOR THE METIS....PLUS MY METIS ROOTS...AND MY INTERPRETATION OF WHO AND WHAT THE METIS PEOPLE OF THE RED RIVER STOOD FOR!!!!DURING THE PERIOD 1867-1885.......

THE RULING BY THE JUDGE....EXPRESSES SOME OF MY THINKING...I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK..... IN A METIS FORUM WHERE I WOULD OUTLINE WHY I THINK THE WAY I DO!!!!!!.I JUST RECIEVED THE EXEC SUMMARY YESTERDAY....WHICH REJECTS THE MMF/INC CLAIM IN ITS ENTIRETY....EARLIER IN THIS SITE I WROTE HERE THAT THAT JUDGE SAVED US FROM OURSELVES...WHY DO I SAY THIS...WE HAS A NATION OF PEOPLE HAVE NOT DETERMINED WHATOUR POSITION IS ON ANY ASPECT OF METIS RIGHTS...HOW CAN THIS CORPORATION THINK THAT THEY CAN PROCEED WITH OUT THE LEGAL CONSENT OF THE METIS PEOPLE IS BEYOND ME!!!! ONE POINT THAT I FIND INTERESTING IS THIS....THE METIS PEOPLE WERE INCLUDED AS AN ABORIGINAL PEOPLE IN 1982 IN THE CANADIAN CONSTITUTION...YET IT HAD NO FORCE WHATEVER IN HIS DECISION..OUR INCLUSION AS AN ABORIGINAL PEOPLE WAS A SERIOUS MISTAKE....THAT I DID NOT FORSEE AT THE TIME.... BUT IS CLEAR TO ME TO-DAY.... IT HAS IN FACT BOXED US IN WHERE WE ARE LIMITED IN WHAT WE CAN DO....NOW THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA CAN DO THINGS TO US WITH IMPUNITY.....

MORE ON THIS IN THE COMING DAYS....

FORTUNAT GUIBOCHE JAN 16 TH 2007