Liquor, gaming authority to recognize MMF identification cards
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Manitoba Métis Federation citizenship cards will be officially recognized as government-issued identification by the Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority of Manitoba, beginning July 1.
The MMF announced the move Friday, which will allow its citizens to buy liquor and cannabis and gamble using its identification cards as proof of age.
The MMF said it had been working with the authority and the Manitoba government to get the cards recognized as valid, which the province had agreed to earlier this year. The liquor authority has since verified the change.
MMF president David Chartrand said the federation and the province are working to modernize the cards, so each is printed with “significant” security features.
“The province and the LGCA are correcting the long-standing wrong of rejecting MMF issued citizenship cards by recognizing them as legitimate identification. This is another step forward in our rights journey as the Red River Métis,” Chartrand said in a statement.