1. Aboriginals
... the Calder decision was in large part a fluke, and Indians and their lawyers continued to distrust the courts. In 1982 section 35 was added to the Constitution of Canada: (1) The existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada are hereby recognized and affirmed. (2) In this Act, "aboriginal peoples of Canada" includes the Indian, Inuit and Metis peoples of ... aboriginal right unusable, for the Indians had to obey the Fisheries Act and regulations. But after 1982 the right had constitutional protection and, in effect, became usable again. The word "existing" ha...
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