Megan Strachan

The applicant sought to review a decision quashing his application for judicial review of the Métis Nation of Ontario's (MNO) refusal to grant him membership.

The motion judge had found that MNO was a private voluntary organization, not a public body subject to judicial review.

The applicant also moved to introduce fresh evidence of a 2019 agreement between MNO and Canada.

The Divisional Court dismissed both motions, finding the fresh evidence would not have affected the result and agreeing that MNO remains a private entity subject to private law until formally recognized as a government.

The applicant sought judicial review of a decision denying his application for citizenship in the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO).

The MNO brought a motion to quash the application on the basis that the court lacked jurisdiction.

The Divisional Court granted the motion, finding that the MNO is a private, voluntary organization and its membership decisions do not fall within the public law sphere.

Consequently, the decisions are not subject to judicial review under the Judicial Review Procedure Act.