WINNIPEG — The Manitoba Metis Federation says it is taking the province to court in a dispute over planned hydro projects.<\/p>\n
Metis federation president David Chartrand met Tuesday with Crown Services Minister Cliff Cullen and Manitoba Hydro to discuss a deal between the federation and the Crown utility.<\/p>\n
In March, Premier Brian Pallister quashed a $67-million deal that had been negotiated between the federation and Manitoba Hydro to help support a transmission line to Minnesota. The premier called it “persuasion money.”<\/p>\n
The federation said at the time it would file for a judicial review to overturn the decision because, it argued, the agreement was legally binding.<\/p>\n
“We were hoping that the province would have come forward with a position of an olive branch, given that we believe strongly that the agreement was negotiated between ourselves and Hydro,” said Chartrand.<\/p>\n
“They are not willing to sit down and they are going to overrule Hydro, which we believe they don’t have the legal right to do.”<\/p>\n
He said the federation has given its lawyers the green light to go ahead with court action, probably within the next week.<\/p>\n
Cullen said the two sides have agreed to disagree on the matter.<\/p>\n
“They feel it was an agreement,” he said. “Our understanding is that it’s really a proposal.”<\/p>\n
Cullen said the ball is in the Metis federation’s court.<\/p>\n
“It’s really up to them on how they want to proceed,” he said. “We’ll wait and see what their undertaking is.”<\/p>\n
Despite the disagreement on the transmission line, Cullen said the government is committed to consulting with the Metis federation.<\/p>\n
Nine of 10 Hydro board members resigned in March over what they said was Pallister’s refusal to meet with them to discuss important issues, including Indigenous rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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