“On this National Indigenous Veterans Day, we honour the sacrifice that so many of our Métis soldiers paid fighting for Canada. Our Veterans made the ultimate sacrifice and showed tremendous courage. Once they returned home, many were ignored and were not treated equally as other Veterans. Today, like so many Métis stories, we are finally beginning to hear from our Veterans. MNBC remains committed to telling those stories and allowing their legacy to live on, and are proudly the first Métis government with a Veteran’s Act. We would like to thank our Veterans of the past, present and future for our freedom.” – Lissa Dawn Smith, MNBC President and Minister of Veterans
