Manitoba Métis Federation calls allegation of conspiracy to harm national council inflammatory, damaging – CBC

Feb 04, 2025

MMF begins trial defence against claims of financial improprieties

There is no evidence a former Métis National Council (MNC) administration engaged in scorched earth political warfare to harm the organization and empower the Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF) before the federation withdrew from the council in 2021, an Ontario court heard Monday.

The MMF and its long-time president David Chartrand are mounting their defence this week in Toronto, as a lawsuit launched by a successor administration moves through a nine-week trial.

During the plaintiff’s opening statement last month, MNC alleged Chartrand and MNC’s then-president Clément Chartier created a “shadow government” at the organization, using secret meetings and self-dealing to unjustly enrich themselves in a plot to give MMF the upper hand.

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