An Act respecting the recognition of certain Métis governments in Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan, to give effect to treaties with those governments and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Bill C-53 in 44-1 was a government bill respecting the recognition of certain Metis governments in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario. Granted federal recognition to the Metis Settlements General Council (Alberta), the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan, the Metis Nation of Ontario, and the Manitoba Metis Federation as self-governing Metis nations under section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. Royal assent on June 22, 2023 (S.C. 2023, c. 14). Followed multiple consultation phases including the 2017 federal-Metis Self-Government Memoranda of Understanding and the 2019 Federal Recognition Process. The Metis Nation of British Columbia and other Metis communities not yet recognized continue ongoing negotiations. The federal recognition activates expanded Crown-Metis fiduciary relationship under Daniels v. Canada (2016 SCC 12).