POLS 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Fiduciary, Aboriginal Title, Theresa Spence
16 Mar 2016
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Is considered by the court to be unreasonable; Increases the land areas that can be claimed. Poliical paries and elecions: between 1867-2011 only 31 mp have been first naions canadians, only 15 have served in the senate (1. 5% overall) Elijah harper mpp manitoba: used rules of procedure to block the passage of meech lake accord. Lobbying: 1961-68: naional advisory council, 1982 assembly of first naions. Direct acion: oka crisis: july 11-spetember 26 1990. Resulted in one dead police oicer: idle no more: hunger strike by theresa spence and others, private negoiaions. Resource extracion had become a major revenue source. Bands negoiate agreements with companies for access to land. Civil rights: freedom of speech, thought, liberty of person, rights to own property and enter contracts, right to jusice and due process. Poliical rights: rights to paricipate (vote, stand oice, etc. ) and execute power. Social rights: rights to a life within a certain standard, right to educaion, health care, social assistance.
