1. MOU on New Fiscal Relations
June 14, 2018

2. Metis Nation Policy Development and Engagement Approach

3. Métis Nation Allocations from Budget 2018
ISETS $630 million over 10 years
Early Learning and Childcare $450 million over 10 years
Housing $500 million over 10 years
Métis Nation Allocations from Budget 2018

4. Métis Nation Budget 2019 Asks
Health $1.174 billion over 5 years
Post-Secondary Education $2.42 billion over 10 years
Economic Development $750 million over 10 years
Child and Family Services $1.114 billion over 10 years
Michif Language $ million over 10 years
Métis Nation Budget 2019 Asks

5. Fiscal Principles to Guide Proposals/Recommendations
Sufficiency
Self-determination/autonomy
Stability, predictability and flexibility
transparency
Fiscal Principles to Guide Proposals/Recommendations

6. Proposed Workplan-October 24, 2018
Short-term Objectives:
- improve flow of current funding from federal budgets to Métis Nation governments
- gain meaningful input into federal budget consultation processes
Long-term Objectives:
- develop vision of fiscal relationship between Government of Canada and individual Governing Members following implementation of self-government agreements
Proposed Workplan-October 24, 2018

7. Senior officials from Canada (ADM-level) and MNC and Governing Members
Federal senior officials could include:
Crown-Indigenous Relations : from Treaties and Aboriginal Government sector and Policy and Strategic Direction Sector,
Finance Canada: Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch,
Treasury Board Secretariat: Social and Cultural Sector, and
Indigenous Services Canada: Chief Financial Officer Sector.
Quarterly meetings
To establish two working groups
Joint Committee

8. Current/Interim Fiscal Relationship working group:
Discuss the current (i.e. non-self-government) fiscal relationship between Canada, MNC, and Governing Members with focus on:
Current initiatives (programs, and other transfers from Departments to the MNC and Governing Members),
Review of current funding arrangements to see how individual agreements can be more flexible, predictable and long-term, and
Socio-economic gaps; including performance metrics and indicators.
Current/Interim Fiscal Relationship working group:

9. Self-Government Fiscal Relationship working group
To examine Canada’s policies and experiences in self- government fiscal relationships with other Indigenous peoples and implications for self-governing Métis Governments.
Topics could include:
Current and emerging policies respecting the self- government fiscal relationship,
The context of Métis Governments,
Potential interactions between current funding arrangements and self-government fiscal arrangements, and
Potential approaches to developing a self-government fiscal relationship between Canada and Governing Members.
Self-Government Fiscal Relationship working group