METIS NA TION Of ONT ARIO Annu A l Repo R t 20122013 79 A DDI t I on A l F un DI n G o B t AI ne D to suppo R t C o R e C onsul t A t I on AC t I v I t I es MNO LRC staf f work with MNO communities on consultation activities and obtain additional funding fr om pr oponents and gover nment to support MNO communities in cor e consultation activities This funding can be divided br oadly into thr ee categories Federal gover nment support to engage in consultative pr ocesses Pr oponent support to engage in consultation pr ocesses thr ough Memorandums of Understanding MOUs MOUs have been established with some pr oponents to pr ovide support to the potentially impacted r egional rightsbearing Metis communities such that the community can be pr operly consulted in or der to determine the potential impacts of the pr oject to the community s Metis rights W ay of Life and inter ests These MOUs ar e specifc to pr ojects that ar e located thr oughout the pr ovince and ther efor e dif fer ent communities ar e involved in dif fer ent MOU activities These arrangements include Nuclear W aste Management Adaptive Phase Management Bow Lake W indfarm Bruce Power Ontario Graphite Hydr o One Networks Inc Pr oponent support to engage in consultative pr ocesses thr ough dir ect meeting support Regar dless of the pr oponent dir ect meeting support is utilized in the same fashion to cover the expenses of an r egional consultation committee to attend a meeting wit h the pr oponent Support of this type was leveraged for at least 56 meetings acr oss the pr ovince in 201213 p ro G ram de T a I ls Funders Gover nment of c anada various departments including c anadian n uclear Safety c ommission Envir onment c anada c anadian Envir onmental Assessment Agency CEAA n uclear W aste Management o r ganization Adaptive Phased Management Hydr o One Networks Inc Ontario Graphite Bruce Power Bow Lake W ind f ar m Ontario Gover nment Ministry of n atural r esour ces Ministry of t ransportation n umber of s taf f See nrf funding pr evious section s taf f located in See nrf funding pr evious section e ligible Clientele M no c ommunity c ouncils and P c M no r egional c ouncillors Dollars l everaged fr om p orponents for Consultation Costs The r evenue in 201112 was marked ly higher compar ed 201213 because in t he pr evious fscal year a major Impact Benefts Agr ee ment i BA was signed which incr eased t he overal l pace of r evenue Ther e wer e no similar agr eements signed in t he 201213 fscal year