50 METIS NA TION Of ONT ARIO Annu A l Repo R t 20122013 n a TI on T o n a TI on I n Canada The Constitution Act 1982 acknowledges that the Metis along with the Indians and Inuit ar e one of thr ee Aboriginal peoples of Canada The term Indians is used in this context because its meaning is legallydefned In contemporar y society and in inter gover nmental r elations work the term First Na tions is the term most often used A number of inter national documents including the United Nations Inter national Covenant on Civil and Po litical Rights and the United Nations Inter national Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights acknowledge the right of all peoples to selfdetermination The Metis ar e a people whose legitimacy is established by histor y territor y language custom values and law Having both national and inter national r ecognition as a people who together form a Nation is the basis on which the Metis Nation of Ontario MNO maintains nation to nation r elationships with other nations The MNO thr ough the Metis National Council works closely with the Assembly of First Nations and Inuit T apiriit Kanatami on issues of common concer n at the national and inter national levels The MNO continues to make ef forts to pr eser ve and pr omote its customar y r elationships with First Nations but mor e interaction is r equir ed particularly in the ar eas of mutual concer n ar ound economic development and the Duty to Consult and Accommodate mno p r esident l ipinski and Chair f rance p icot te r epr esented t he mno at t he m et is and u rban a boriginal l eadership r ound table in T or onto wit h t he Honourable T er esa p iruzza m inister of Childr en and Y out h s ervices t he Honourable d avid z immer m inister of a boriginal a f fairs and r epr esentat ives fr om t he o ntario f ederat ion of Ind ian f riendship Centr es and t he o ntario n at ive W omen s a ssociat ion on June 10 2013 Gov E rn A nc E