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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS LOCAL - AMC Women's Council holds press conference, Bringing Our Children Home Act Photo of Pine Creek First nation Chief Karen Batson at press conference at AMC office Thursday. More info: Treaty One Territory, MB _ The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) Women’s Council hold a press conference regarding Manitoba First Nations’ unanimous position to advance the Bringing Our Children Home Act, the Manitoba-specific federal legislation that is to restore First Nations jurisdiction in Manitoba. As it stands, Bill C-92 is being debated at the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples before being voted and adopted today in the Senate. See Kevin Rollason's story. June 13th, 2019