Under the Orwellian rubric of “reconciliation” and “respect,” the Harper government proposes to radically curtail and circumscribe Aboriginal land rights and self-determination. It is all the more unusual that such a major policy announcement is being done quietly, and in an election year, when sitting governments usually eschew major new initiatives. In Tsilhqotin, for the first time in Canadian history the court ruled that an Indigenous nation held underlying Aboriginal title to its territorial lands. This opened up new possibilities of co-management of lands and resources by First Nations and the Crown, as well as affirmed the right of First Nations to benefit from economic activity and refuse development on their title land. https://ricochet.media/en/125/harper-first-nations-assimilation-agenda
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 20:01:29 +0000
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