POL214Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: White Paper, Canadian Indian Residential School System, Tax Expenditure
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Governor general (offers symbolic presences) is important. and the fact that the gg was not invited to some meetings sends a bad signal (meetings between first nations and. White paper on indian policy: end of indian act, end differential status. They thought they were doing the right thing but the reaction was negative. The government was basically trying to get out of their legal obligations to the indigenous people. Self-determination wanted self-government (supported by international inst. ) Quebec wants to be seen as a separate state, but that"s not the same goal for first nations. They want to seek independence within canada and be canadians but with the right to govern themselves within parameters. Changing the discourse: shift from being conceptualized as subjects to reinserting themselves as sovereign and on equal footing. Added to the constitution (the language had impact). Meech lake set up to find a place for quebec (how to bring quebec back)
