Assembly of Quebec's historic Métis Communities
(ACMHQ)
1st and 2nd November, representatives from ten communities Métis met in Louisville to establish the ACMHQ, comprising the following communities:
Metis Aboriginal Community • Maniwaki • Community
Métis Métis Gaspésie
• Community-Mamiwinick Wikan (Saarland)
• Metis Community Area King's Lordship and Mingan (CMDRSM)
• Community Métis
Estrie • Community Metis Metis Community Yamachiche
• Passengers (Greater Montreal) • Community
Mesquakie Canada (Fox) •
Métis Community of Clovasibi (Clova)
• Community Wabossipi Métis (Mont-Laurier)
communities forming the new assembly include 12,000 Métis from all regions of Quebec. For the occasion, they had the honor to host and have the cooperation and recognition of Gabriel Dufault Métis National Union St. Joseph du Manitoba, the oldest Metis community in Canada. The
ACMHQ's mission is to promote and defend the culture and rights of Métis working in the formal recognition of Métis communities in Quebec.
For the chief Serge Paul Maniwaki, "this combination of forces Métis of Quebec launches clear message to the Quebec government to end its policy of ignorance of our Métis communities."
For President-Chief CMDRSM, Jean-René Tremblay, "the creation of ACMHQ is the signal that Quebec must stop and continued to harass the Metis and begin a genuine dialogue with the communities."
All participants at the meeting were unanimous that the government of Quebec is lagging behind in processing huge component of the Metis population, compared other Canadian provinces. This delay deprives all of Quebec and its regions of large sums of money available to the Government of Canada to assist Métis communities. "
For more information, contact: René Tremblay, CMDRSM
Phone: 418.693.9147 Email
: renetremblay@hotmail.com
