METIS NA TION Of ONT ARIO Annu A l Repo R t 20122013 91 tRI p AR t I te Fun DI n G The T ripartite funding agr eement is a joint pr oject of the Ministr y of Aboriginal Af fairs MAA and the Of fce of the Federal Interlocutor OFI For the last thr ee years T ripartite funding has been dedicated to economic development and the startup of Infnity Pr operty Ser vices an agency of the MNO see section Infnity Pr operty Ser vices Recent notable achievements A General Manager for Infnity Pr operty Ser vices was hir ed in 201213 A transition marketing and implementation plan for Infnity Pr operty Ser vices was developed M I ne RA l Develop M ent Coo RDI n A to R s This agr eement came late in the fscal year and pr ovided the necessar y funding to employ two technically knowledgeable Mineral Development Coor dinators to support and advise the community councils and consulta tion committees that r eceive notices pursuant to the Mining Act and its r egulations p ro G ram de T a I ls Funders Offce of the f ederal Interlocutor of I Gover nment of c anada and the Ministry of Aboriginal Af fairs n umber of s taf f 3 s taf f located in t hunder Bay e ligible Clientele M no citizens p ro G ram de T a I ls Funders Ministry of n orther n d evelopment and Mines M nd M Gover nment of o ntario n umber of s taf f 2 s taf f located in t immins and one other location t B d e ligible Clientele M no citizens These longt ime ded icated mno cit izens wer e r ecognized at t he 2012 mno a G a wit h Queen s Jubilee m edals l eft to right s enator b ob m cKay mno Chair f rance p icot te mno n ort hwest m et is Council p r esident a lvina Cimon s enator Joseph p oitras s enator r ut h W agner