POL111H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Quebec Nationalism, Terra Nullius, Oka Crisis
Document Summary
Historic act of first minority rights for french. Provides evidence that french people required at first settlement of canada. No changes to consti in quebec if they were equal partner. Colony: part of world under control of another. Status indian: [made up by colonizers] those reg w/ fed gov"t under indian act. Rec abs as a nation with certain amout of sovereignty + prohibited brtain from messing with ab land. Intial piece of leg that rec ab rights + land ownership. Explicitly statws that ab title or ownership has existed + continues to exist and ll lands = ab land until there"s a treaty/contract. Forbade settlers to claim land from abs unless crown bought [fed gov"t] Important first step towards ab rights + self-determination. Also considered ab magna carta for establishing treaty making. Section 91: fed gov"t jurisdiction over indians and land reserves for indians.
