PPAS 3135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ultra Vires, Indian Act, Fiduciary

• School: York University
• Department: Public Policy and Administration Studies
• Course: PPAS 3135
• Professor: Danny O' Rourke- Dicarlo

Document Summary

Public law i class 11 november 29th, 2016. Section 91 of the constitution indian act. The government is given power over this because through years of conflict, indians have placed in their lands appropriately. They are then minorities in their own country. The federal government is then given power to protect them which means creating laws on their behalf with no real limitations. And also protecting the lands that the federal government reserved for the. Form settlers and from the majority because they are now of the visible majority. Democracy is the will of the majority and if the will is to displace them, they need protection. Anyone who has been registered with status which has been complicated over the years. The first time status excluded those who lived on reservation and also if you are a women who married a non-indian, you lose your status. This status criteria comes for the aboriginal people themselves.