Overview

• A Sept. 9 court hearing will consider the Weston family’s plan to purchase the 1670 royal charter and donate it to the Canadian Museum of History
• Wittington Investments Ltd. offered $12.5 million for the charter under terms that make it Crown property and require sharing access with museums and Indigenous groups
• Grand Chief Kyra Wilson of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs criticized the undisclosed sale process for proceeding without First Nations consultation
• Archivists with the Association of Canadian Archivists expressed relief that the charter remains in a heritage institution but disappointment that it bypassed the Archives of Manitoba
• The donation agreement obliges the Canadian Museum of History to consult Indigenous communities on how the charter is displayed and shared across Canada