Métis president suspended.

The article reports that the president of the Métis Provincial Council of British Columbia (MPCBC), Harley Desjarlais, has been suspended by the organization's board of directors, though the reasons for the suspension are not clear. According to the information available on the Web site of the organization, Desjarlais was suspended without pay, effective immediately. The board asked for his resignation before the organization's annual general meeting, which was scheduled to start on September 23, 2004.