POL 2101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Liberal Democracy, Indian Act, The Way Forward
21 Feb 2014
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Chapter 8 people to people, nation to nation. Royal commission on aboriginal peoples (1996: following the confrontation of mohawk warriors with the canadian armed forces at oka and kahnawake in 1990, the mulroney government established the royal commission on. Canada a place where human rights and dignity are guaranteed, where the rules of liberal democracy are respected, where diversity among peoples is celebrated. Canada was founded on a series of bargains with aboriginal peoples that were never honored. Instead, aboriginal people were removed from their homelands, had their nations and governments suppressed, had their cultures undermined, and their identities were stifled. The problems of aboriginal people: life expectancy is lower. Illness is more common: human problems (family violence, alcohol abuse, etc) are more common, fewer high school graduates, poor living conditions. Inadequate water and sanitation systems: fewer jobs, high rate of incarceration.
