Duty to consult isn't proof that settler colonialism doesn't exist.
Canada didn't go that route out of the kindness of its heart. It was forced to after losing decisions in the supreme court of Canada.
Aboriginal rights, title and the duty to consult - a primer
https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/aborigina...nsult-a-primer
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“The doctrine of Aboriginal rights exists… because of one simple fact: when Europeans arrived in North America, Aboriginal peoples were already here, living in communities on the land, and participating in distinctive cultures, as they had done for centuries. #It is this fact, and this fact above all others, which separates Aboriginal peoples from all other minority groups in Canadian society and which mandates their special legal status.”#– Chief Justice Lamer in#R. v.#Van der Peet,#para 30.
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