pt 2 Flashcards
What legislation establishes the collective rights of groups in Canada?
Canada’s constitution
Why are collective rights important to all Canadians?
Collective rights reflect the idea of mutual respect among peoples, has a long history in Canada (1701 – Great Peace) forms a dynamic relationship between Canada’s government and Canadian citizens. In Canada’s history laws that affect collective rights and the promises of Canada’s govt. uphold them have created opportunities and challenges for Canadians.
How do collective rights, in the past and today, define who we are as Canadians?
Laws that historically recognize certain groups, that are unique from how other countries do things have defined our relationship with our government and their responsibility to us as citizens.
In Canada, only certain groups have collective rights enshrined in the Charter of Rights. Define enshrined
preserve (a right, tradition, or idea) in a form that ensures it will be protected and respected
Seatbelt laws, requirements to contribute to employment insurance and the need to pay taxes – Are these examples of collective responsibilities? Explain
Yes, seatbelt laws protect individuals, therefore making a difference to our entire healthcare system, EI contributions from all people who are drawing a paycheck help those who find themselves unemployed. Taxes are a good method that provides society with tangible services, like, protection, sanitation, education, transportation, etc.
Numbered treaties were developed to:
First Nations agreed to share their land and resources. In return Canada agreed to terms covering FN education, reserves, annuities.
What did treaties (pg 124-125) provide for: /2
First Nations?
Recognized FN rights to land, making treaties with FN through peaceful negotiation. Provided education, reserves, annuities
What did treaties (pg 124-125) provide for Europeans?
Ending the Seven Years War, providing a peaceful way to get land for an expanding population of European settlers
Why were treaties important for the peaceful settlement of Europeans in Canada
Avoidance of war, expansion to the west, linking the country by railroad, Confederation
FNMI = First Nations – Métis – Inuit
Why have different understandings of the past caused conflict in Canada today? How could this have been prevented?
1) Canada’s govt. believed FN gave up the right to the land that they were on/FN disagree believing that land was something that you did not ’own’
2) FN recorded treaties in their own language, orally/Canada recorded treaties in English and in writing. Oral and written records disagree.
What conflicts might have arisen as a result of the different perspectives on treaties?
Many misunderstandings=lack of harmony and issues not resolved/other answers
Because of the Indian Act……
Numbered treaties govt. duty to protect collective rights/Indian Act affirmed collective rights of FN, created Indian agents with power to decide how the govt. would fulfill its duties/created 1876 – decided made laws without consulting FN, colonial past, ethnocentrism/status Indian with treaty rights, fed. Govt. mostly controls decisions not FN, IA way for feds to administer treaty rights/Act originally aimed to assimilate FN, defined how FN conducted affairs (band elections, restricted travel, political action, traditional dress/ceremonies, until 1960 act required FN to give up legal ID and treaty right so be able to vote/pressure from FN has caused govt. revise IA several times, act is still in force today
How does the Indian Act both affirm and present problems for the First Nations’ identity?
Affirmed right to land, collective rights, govt. responsibility to protect rights
Took away ability to conduct own affairs, restricted traditional customs, travel freely, vote, etc.
describe what Francophone students in Alberta have in common with Anglophone students in Quebec.
They each have a majority of speakers of the first language of that province
Why does this suggest there might be a need for protection for both language groups?
Minority language will be a difficult one to preserve, not having many ‘like’ speakers
