90 METIS NA TION Of ONT ARIO Annu A l Repo R t 20122013 Co R e B I l A te RA l Fun DI n G A GR ee M ent The Cor e Bilateral Funding Agr eement pr ovides basic cor e capacity to the MNO It also pr ovides the fund ing to conduct bilateral r elations with the Ministr y of Aboriginal Af fairs pr oduce the MNO Annual Report stage the MNO AGA and conduct the MNO audit Recent notable achievements The 201112 MNO Annual Report was completed and distributed to all MNO citizens via the Metis V oyageur newspaper The 2012 MNO AGA was held in Sault Ste Marie in August 2012 The 201112 MNO annual audit was completed and appr oved at the 2012 AGA MNO general election was held on May 7 2012 and the byelection was completed for Region Five in September 2012 B A s IC oRGA n I z A t I on A l C A p ACI ty The Basic Or ganizational Capacity funding agr eement pr ovides funding to support basic cor e ser vices to the MNO including partial funding for the AGA and PCMNO meetings Recent notable achievements PCMNO Executive and fnance meetings wer e held thr oughout the last fscal year The 2012 MNO AGA was held in Sault Ste Marie in August 2012 p ro G ram de T a I ls Funders Ministry of Aboriginal Af fairs Gover nment of o ntario e ligible Clientele M no Community Councils PCMNO Regional Councillors MNO citizens p ro G ram de T a I ls Funders Offce of the f ederal Interlocutor of I Gover nment of c anada e ligible Clientele M no Community Councils PCMNO Regional Councillors MNO citizens s ome of t he speakers at t he 2012 l ouis r iel d ay p r ovincial Cer emony in Queen s p ark left to right mno v icechair s har on m c b ride m ichael p rue mpp for b eaches e ast Y ork p C mno p ostsecondary r epr esentat ive Jennifer Henry m et is lawyer and ancestor of l ouis r iel Jean T eil let t he Honourable Chris b ent ley t hen m inister of a boriginal a f fairs and mno p r esident Gary l ipinski