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Title: Supreme Court to rule on M�tis land claim case
Category: History
Posted By: Curtman
Date: 2013-03-08 05:37:25
Canadian

[Curtman]

$1:

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.
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"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.

[Gunnair]

Are you Metis?

[Curtman]

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.

[Gunnair]

Curtman Curtman:

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?

[Lemmy]

$1:

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.

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?

[OnTheIce]

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.

[Gunnair]

OnTheIce OnTheIce:

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.

[martin14]

Give them PEI, and stop the money.

[Jonny_C]

OnTheIce OnTheIce:

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 Métis. You couldn't tell the difference between them and any other Canadian in even the smallest details.

I think Métis shouldn't even be a classification.

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

[Lemmy]

Jonny_C Jonny_C:

I think Métis shouldn't even be a classification.

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

[Jonny_C]

Lemmy Lemmy:

Jonny_C Jonny_C:

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

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

[martin14]

Lemmy Lemmy:

Jonny_C Jonny_C:

I think Métis shouldn't even be a classification.

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

[Curtman]

Lemmy Lemmy:

Jonny_C Jonny_C:

I think Métis 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.

[OnTheIce]

Jonny_C Jonny_C:

OnTheIce OnTheIce:

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 Métis. You couldn't tell the difference between them and any other Canadian in even the smallest details.

I think Métis shouldn't even be a classification.

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

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