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Supreme Court to rule on M�tis land claim case

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Supreme Court to rule on M�tis land claim case


History | 206952 hits | Mar 08 5:37 am | Posted by: Curtman
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The Supreme Court of Canada will issue a landmark ruling today on whether the M�tis were cheated out of an 1870 federal land deal that settled the Red River Rebellion.

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  1. by Anonymous
    Fri Mar 08, 2013 1:41 pm
    Aboriginal-rights lawyer Tom Berger, who represented the MMF in the case, has argued that Ottawa reneged on the promises it made to the M?tis under the Manitoba Act, which created the province and brought it into Confederation.
    ...
    "It will be very clear our nation as a whole, you know, waited 143 years to find vindication and to find that Canada is now in a position where it realizes it did not fulfil its constitutional obligations."

    The Manitoba Act, made in 1870, promised to set aside 5,565 square kilometres of land for 7,000 children of the Red River M?tis.

    The land deal was made in order to settle the Red River Rebellion, which was fought by M?tis rebels struggling to hold onto their land amid growing white settlements.


    R=UP

  2. by avatar Gunnair  Gold Member
    Fri Mar 08, 2013 1:48 pm
    Are you Metis?

  3. by Anonymous
    Fri Mar 08, 2013 1:50 pm
    Nope, just a Canadian who believes in justice.

    Either we're honest, or we're liars and cheats.

    I know what we have been, and what we could and should be.

  4. by avatar Gunnair  Gold Member
    Fri Mar 08, 2013 2:06 pm
    "Curtman" said
    Nope, just a Canadian who believes in justice.

    Either we're honest, or we're liars and cheats.

    I know what we have been, and what we could and should be.


    Hmmm.. Where would you then stand if the Dakota then went after the Metis?

  5. by Lemmy
    Fri Mar 08, 2013 2:12 pm
    The Manitoba Act, made in , promised to set aside 5,565 square kilometres of land for 7,000 children of the Red River M?tis.

    Or we could find a 21st century solution to this issue rather than bowing to a document written by men long dead, with no concept of life in our times?

  6. by OnTheIce
    Fri Mar 08, 2013 2:14 pm
    And if they win this ruling, nothing changes. All the chronic problems with Native Canadians still exist.

    If only they spent a fraction of the time working within their communities, tackling real issues that are causing their people much hardship.

  7. by avatar Gunnair  Gold Member
    Fri Mar 08, 2013 2:17 pm
    "OnTheIce" said
    And if they win this ruling, nothing changes. All the chronic problems with Native Canadians still exist.

    If only they spent a fraction of the time working within their communities, tackling real issues that are causing their people much hardship.


    Well, taxpayers will be on the hook for millions.

    Enjoy paying that justice, Curt.

  8. by avatar martin14
    Fri Mar 08, 2013 2:32 pm
    Give them PEI, and stop the money. :)

  9. by avatar Jonny_C
    Fri Mar 08, 2013 2:34 pm
    "OnTheIce" said

    If only they spent a fraction of the time working within their communities, tackling real issues that are causing their people much hardship.


    I have friends and members of my extended family who are classified as M�tis. You couldn't tell the difference between them and any other Canadian in even the smallest details.

    I think M�tis shouldn't even be a classification.

    Maybe I shouldn't say that after our freshly-minted Supreme Court decision. :oops:

  10. by Lemmy
    Fri Mar 08, 2013 2:36 pm
    "Jonny_C" said
    I think M�tis shouldn't even be a classification.

    I think no one should be a classification other than "Canadian".

  11. by avatar Jonny_C
    Fri Mar 08, 2013 2:43 pm
    "Lemmy" said

    I think no one should be a classification other than "Canadian".


    I don't think that would hurt my feelings either.

  12. by avatar martin14
    Fri Mar 08, 2013 2:50 pm
    "Lemmy" said
    I think M�tis shouldn't even be a classification.

    I think no one should be a classification other than "Canadian".


    R=UP

  13. by Anonymous
    Fri Mar 08, 2013 3:03 pm
    "Lemmy" said
    I think M�tis shouldn't even be a classification.

    I think no one should be a classification other than "Canadian".

    You're about 143 years late on that argument.

  14. by OnTheIce
    Fri Mar 08, 2013 3:12 pm
    "Jonny_C" said

    If only they spent a fraction of the time working within their communities, tackling real issues that are causing their people much hardship.


    I have friends and members of my extended family who are classified as M�tis. You couldn't tell the difference between them and any other Canadian in even the smallest details.

    I think M�tis shouldn't even be a classification.

    Maybe I shouldn't say that after our freshly-minted Supreme Court decision. :oops:

    I agree. It's Natives in general who like to be classified as different from the rest of Canadians.



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