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HARP-280 |
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Canadian Supreme Court to Rule on Historic Metis Rights Case |
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Cultural Survival Quarterly, Issue 27.2, http://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/csq/print/article_print.cfm?id=EA7C5FB7-1074-4C43-BA13-ED967CCCF182 |
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Year: |
2003 |
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Canada, constitution, government, human rights, Ontario, civil and political rights, minority rights |
Abstract: |
When Steve Powley and his son Roddy were charged for hunting moose contrary to the province of Ontario’s Game and Fish Act 10 years ago, they claimed that, as Métis, they had a right to hunt for food. The Powleys won the case three times in lower courts before the Ontario government appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada. The case was heard in March in Ottawa. Canada recognized the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis as aboriginal peoples in the 1982 constitution, but the rights of the Métis have never been defined. Many Métis say the case will finally force the federal and provincial governments to have a dialogue with the Métis about their rights, as well as adopt a definition of who is Métis. |
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Keywords: Canada, civil and political rights, constitution, government, human rights, minority rights, Ontario