Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Terra Nullius, Ipperwash Crisis, Charlottetown Accord
15 Mar 2017
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Self-government (self-administration) contingent rights approach, situation where federal/provincial government delegates jurisdiction over certain policy areas to aboriginal decision makers: simply right to administer or pass regulations in certain policy area as chosen by. Canadian governments: canadian state as decision maker of aboriginal rights decide what is delegated, canadian state is sovereign, can delegate powers if it wants and can take powers back. 1969 white paper trudeau called for complete integration and assimilation into society, aboriginals into white body politics: abolish indian status, deconstruct reserves, transfer healthcare to provincial jurisdiction. Adam khimji: repealed treaties that governed indian/canadian relations trudeau did not want government to be bound, viewed as another attempt at cultural genocide aboriginal rights movement gaining strength after it. Indigenous peoples are to be treated as co-sovereign peoples, and equals with canadian nation. Scc used language of inherent rights, but ultimately say that 25/35 only lead to self- government or self-administration rights of aboriginal peoples.
