Métis leader wins battle over ticket for fishing

The Crown has stayed proceedings against Manitoba Métis Federation president David Chartrand, who was given a ticket alleging he was fishing without a licence.

- STEVE LAMBERT

Manitoba Métis Federation president David Chartrand said the conservation officer who gave him a ticket for fishing without a licence was not informed of Métis rights.

Chartrand was given the ticket on a lake near the northern community of Cranberry Portage on June 30, and was accused of angling outside of the areas where the Manitoba government recognizes Métis harvesting rights.

Chartrand said from the beginning he did nothing wrong and that the conservation officer was not properly informed.