"[5] This ultimately led to the Miꞌkmaq people of Newfoundland not receiving indian status or recognition as first nations that other indigenous groups in Canada did in the years following.

[8] That resulted in a 2008 agreement between the Federation of Newfoundland Indians and the Government of Canada to establish a landless band for Mi'kmaq in the province.

[1] Their mission at the time was "to provide an independent forum for applicants and members of the Qalipu First Nation and to bring greater public awareness to an enrolment process that was headed for trouble.

[3] To represent their case, six rejected applicants: Shawn Benoit, Matthew Anderson, Marie Tapp Melanson, Bobbie Tapp Goosney, Paul Bennett, and Jennifer Sue Le Roux (known as Benoit et al.) were chosen to initiate the case in the Newfoundland Supreme Court.

[9] Their argument in court is primarily based around the idea that the Federation of Newfoundland Indians membership, the predecessor to Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation, did not have the opportunity to ratify the Supplemental Agreement in 2013 which is stated as a direct contravention of their rights as the membership of the Federation of Newfoundland Indians.

[10] A court injunction, to stop the removal of Indian Status cards from rejected applicants previously accepted, hearing at the Supreme Court of Newfoundland happened in June 2018 which resulted in a declaratory order in the favour of Benoit et al.[9] During a subsequent hearing in November 2019, it came to light that in April 2018 that CBC Newfoundland and Labrador had a 2013 document that was a part of the negotiations with the Federal Government concerning the enrolment process and membership in the future band.