Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Constitution Act, 1982, Indian Act, Land Law
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Federal governed has exclusive jurisdiction over indians and land reserved for the indians: section 91, eparates (cid:862)i(cid:374)dia(cid:374)s(cid:863) fro(cid:373) others i(cid:374) the jurisdi(cid:272)tio(cid:374) Section 35 (1) existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal people of canada are hereby recognized and affirmed. E(cid:272)tio(cid:374) (cid:1007)5 (cid:894)(cid:1007)(cid:895) i(cid:374) this a(cid:272)t (cid:862)a(cid:271)origi(cid:374)al peoples of ca(cid:374)ada(cid:863) i(cid:374)(cid:272)lude i(cid:374)dia(cid:374), i(cid:374)uit, a(cid:374)d (cid:373)etis: they now recognize the individual aboriginal and their individual rights, separate set of protection. Preconceptions and the recognition of distinct aboriginal rights. The principle of equality is inconsistent with recognizing aboriginal or treaty rights: equality is recognized as treating similar people equalily if their circumstances are similar. Canada is a(cid:374)d should (cid:271)e go(cid:448)er(cid:374)ed (cid:271)y the pri(cid:374)(cid:272)iple of (cid:862)o(cid:374)e la(cid:449) for all(cid:863: federalism as a principle each person is subject to separate laws in regards to where you live. Legal history shows that these disputes are probably to continue. These are intense conflicts that reflect the aboriginal difference in canada.
