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Originally Posted by GGG
It’s no more complicated than you inheriting a house from your parents. If the Canadian government wanted to live up to the treaties it signed it could have done that. Or if it wanted integration it could have negotiated it. Instead the government spent 150 years trying to exterminate and undermine the treaties for the benefit of colonialists.
This is only difficult because Canadians don’t want to recognize indigenous peoples as their own nation with their own governance as was agreed to in the treaties. Your statement effectively is saying that indigenous people need to be just Canadians. That was a non-starter 150 years ago and likely is today.
At the same time you have all but 1 MP willing to recognize without debate the French people as a nation who can unilaterally amend their constitution.
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It's quite different than saying someone can inherit a house - that trivializes the complexity of the situation.
To put it in the context of nations, I'm suggesting a mass immigration of First Nations people into Canada.
The question is - is this type of mass immigration and an abandonment of racial segregation better for everyone down the road, or is the status quo of segregation better for everyone down the road.
The answer to this is obvious. FN leaders should recognize that in the 21st century, Canada being a single nation is better for their people and future generations. Will they have to compromise on their balance sheets today? Perhaps - I have no idea what they best way to do the accounting is.
But maintaining the current status of racial segregation has not worked for decades/centuries. It seems that many think that we can't solve the problem because of "treaties" as if they are infallible documents that can and should never be altered. It should be obvious to everyone that the current treaty system and success for FN and a system of segregation are mutually exclusive conditions. I don't think improving the system of segregation is going to solve the problem. I would prefer bold action now to bring everyone together.