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Originally Posted by BoLevi
I'm fine with negotiating an elimination of the terms of the treaties.
The treaties are ultimately an agreement to pay people to be racially segregated. Assuming we can all agree that racial segregation is not a morally acceptable position, how do you "negotiate in good faith" to exit an arrangement which is segregation by race?
What does a failure to negotiate an outcome result in? A continuation of the status quo: racial segregation with a financial annuity to make everyone feel better?
What does a successful negotiation look like? A one-time payout? A pension plan that declines over generations to a trickle and then stops? How do you manage checking in on individual genetic make-up to determine what you are owed?
This sins-of-you-fathers business is sure complicated.
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The Treaties were an exchange of title between Indigenous communities and the Crown. They are very rightly seen as an obligation between nations. They are also rightly seen as an acknowledgement of title.
There will never be a successful negotiating away of the treaties. There can be an expansion over what they mean.