1. Aboriginals
... claims were part of an ancient dreamtime. It follows that the 1969 white paper was not surprising. The white paper dismissed treaties as of little significance and denied any legal character to aboriginal title claims. No big deal. The "rights" that were being rejected were myths and fairy tales, not rights recognized in Canadian law. In the period little was written ... was modest, though the language of the Supreme Court of Canada was very positive. While they denied that the treaty was a treaty in international law terms, they clearly saw their analysis as favourable to Indians and t...
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