MNBC Tries New Move as They Skate on Thin Ice with Disputable Resolution
(February 27, 2024) For the first time in the history of holding Métis Nation Governing Assemblies, an “MNGA Delegate Orientation” session is being held in advance of the MNGA opening on Friday, March 1st. Although being billed as an opportunity for delegates to query the MNGA Clerk about meeting procedures and process, such a meeting has never been held before in advance of an MNGA and is being seen as an attempt by senior MNBC officials to try and justify how Resolution #2 ever got on the agenda for the MNGA.
Resolution #2 which has been submitted to the upcoming Métis Nation Governing Assembly (MNGA) by the Salmon Arm Métis Association and nine other communities is attempting through a simple declaration to apply a whole new meaning to a key part of the MNBC Constitution – Article 23.8. However, the new meaning does not align at all with the existing wording of Article 23.8 and should never have been accepted as a regular resolution because if approved, it would in effect amend a core provision of the MNBC Constitution.
The MNBC Constitution is very clear about the process to amend the Constitution, but this resolution tries to get around the process by making a declaration, and most importantly it eliminates the democratic and essential step of citizens voting on it at an AGM.
How the disputable resolution ever got onto the agenda as a simple declaration rather than an amendment to the Constitution is highly questionable. Whoever approved it going onto the MNGA agenda is skating on very thin ice because it is an invalid resolution and should never have been accepted.
Former MNBC President Clara Morin Dal Col said, “This resolution is aimed right at me to try and prevent me from running in the election later this year, but this group knows that if they had followed the proper rules of amendment, the citizens would never pass it at an AGM.”
“They are so afraid of running against me in the next election that they are trying to take me out of the running through this invalid resolution”, said Ms. Morin Dal Col. She said, “They have targeted me this time. Who will it be next time?”
“Any MNGA delegate thinking of voting for this resolution at the MNGA needs to think long and hard about their fiduciary duty to abide by the MNBC Constitution. Voting for this resolution, with the full knowledge that it is an invalid resolution will be a breach of fiduciary duty.”
Ms. Morin Dal Col added that, “Regardless of how they spin this resolution at the so-called orientation session, it should never have been on the order paper. What they are doing, is not the Métis way. Instead, it is a classic example of colonialism at its worst.”
It is indeed a sad day when the people " in charge", are":forcing " something that does not represent the people's views. Power does go to people's heads should not be surprised I guess.. Thought the Metis was suppose to be for the betterment of their peoples, no better than colonialism from earlier days.......
It is indeed a sad day when the people " in charge", are":forcing " something that does not represent the people's views. Power does go to people's heads should not be surprised I guess.. Thought the Metis was suppose to be for the betterment of their peoples, no better than colonialism from earlier days.......