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Things have gone from bad to worse for the First Nations University of Canada (FNUC).

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Rumors that a federal government announcement on a compensation deal for students who attended Indian residential schools was imminent turned out to be true on May 30, sort of.

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Rumors that a federal government announcement on a compensation deal for students who attended Indian residential schools was imminent turned out to be true on May 30, sort of.

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Five accords and a truckload of promises later, the much anticipated federal cabinet policy retreat with Aboriginal leaders has come and gone.

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Five accords and a truckload of promises later, the much anticipated federal cabinet policy retreat with Aboriginal leaders has come and gone.

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Howard Hampton, leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party since 1996, represents the northern riding of Rainy River, a riding that includes more than 50 First Nations.

Hampton is raising serious concerns about the new tri-lateral approach trotted out by federal Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Andy Scott on June 1, the day after the federal cabinet's policy retreat with Aboriginal leaders.

Hampton pointed out that all the federal announcements following the policy retreat contained no budgets and no concrete action plan.

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Howard Hampton, leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party since 1996, represents the northern riding of Rainy River, a riding that includes more than 50 First Nations.

Hampton is raising serious concerns about the new tri-lateral approach trotted out by federal Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Andy Scott on June 1, the day after the federal cabinet's policy retreat with Aboriginal leaders.

Hampton pointed out that all the federal announcements following the policy retreat contained no budgets and no concrete action plan.

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Indian Affairs Minister Andy Scott trotted out his new approach to dealing with Aboriginal issues in a press conference with the Aboriginal media on June 1. The buzzword of the day seemed to sum it up-tri-lateral.

"When you're talking about education or housing or economic development or health care, the reality is we're going to have to move beyond a bilateral relationship [involving only First Nations and the federal government] to a trilateral relationship with the provinces and territorial governments. And that's what we're doing," Scott told reporters.

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Indian Affairs Minister Andy Scott trotted out his new approach to dealing with Aboriginal issues in a press conference with the Aboriginal media on June 1. The buzzword of the day seemed to sum it up-tri-lateral.

"When you're talking about education or housing or economic development or health care, the reality is we're going to have to move beyond a bilateral relationship [involving only First Nations and the federal government] to a trilateral relationship with the provinces and territorial governments. And that's what we're doing," Scott told reporters.

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A deal that was six years in the making was struck on May 31 when representatives for the Metis National Council (MNC) and Canada became signatories to a framework agreement that lays the ground-work for future dealings between the parties.

In a nutshell, the agreement stresses negotiation rather than litigation for the recognition of Metis rights.