Métis Nation of BC and ISC Sign Agreement to Help Improve and Modernize Member Registry

A new agreement between the Métis Nation of BC and Indigenous Services Canada will help them better modernize their member registry.

MNBC Cabinet has voted to invest 1.1 million dollars in to the Registry Renewal Project, known as Wahkohtowin.

Part of the investment will go towards the purchasing of new registry equipment and software, office support for communities, and adding full time staff.

Thanks to the agreement, MNBC registry applications will continue to be compared with the ISC’s registry on a regular basis to ensure Métis citizens remain distinct from other Aboriginal Peoples.

Recently, files were filtered using 16 different queries by the Office of the Indian Register, and indicated that 136 of 23,000 approved MNBC applications appear on the register.

Flagged individuals are not eligible for Métis citizenship and are being notified.

The entire MNBC Registry will be filtered on an annual basis, and new applications will be run through the system monthly.