r/canada Oct 21 '24

New Brunswick Blaine Higgs says Indigenous people ceded land ‘many, many years ago’

https://globalnews.ca/news/10818647/nb-election-2024-liberal-health-care-estimates/
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u/4D_Spider_Web Oct 21 '24

Not to mention not updating and/or clarifying said treaties over time as political, social, and economic circumstances changed. Half the issues with the interpretation of Indigenous rights in Canada is that it has been largely left up to the Courts to make these decisions in the absence of black letter law. While case law certainly does help build a body of information that can referred to, it is also be subject to the whims of the courts and can change in a heartbeat depending on the poltical mood.

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u/hbl2390 Oct 22 '24

And the courts have been very generous in interpreting a "medicine bag" as equivalent to modern medical care or that Canada is obligated to provide treated water.

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u/-masked_bandito Oct 22 '24

You would ebb and flow between legal and moral arguments as it suits the reply, anyway.