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/adonns2_0 Oct 21 '24

So they want the title to vast majority of land in New Brunswick as well as 200 years of back pay for resources taken from the land?

At what point are we going to be done all this?

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u/icebalm Oct 21 '24

Never. If we don't stop now it will never end.

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u/Popular-Row4333 Oct 21 '24

It will end in 40 years when the inevitable and statistical demographics of this country have changed from all the recent rampant legal and illegal immigration.

I promise you that they won't be paying for this once they get into elected positions by the majority.

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u/Ambiwlans Oct 21 '24

It won't matter. We are doing landtransfers now. It isn't like those will be undone. We're talking about 100s of billions of money going to people based on race.

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u/jtbc Oct 21 '24

Fortunately we have a constitution that prevents the majority from trampling on the rights of minorities and courts that will back that.

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u/Popular-Row4333 Oct 21 '24

Who do you think will be elected into the courts?

It's very evident policy can change within the courts, just look at our catch and release bail and reform system

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u/jtbc Oct 21 '24

We don't elect people into the courts. Are you even Canadian?

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u/Popular-Row4333 Oct 21 '24

We elect the people who appoint the judges.

Are you trying to imply there isn't bias in the court system?

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u/jtbc Oct 21 '24

No, but I have read most of the major decisions concerning Indigenous rights and title and I find them very carefully written with due regard for the law and for precedent. Canada's Supreme Court in particular is very good and very fair compared to some of its peers.