Imagine the irony of this sordid story that can not happen in Quebec. A war to end. A war that began in 1851 when the Parliament of Lower Canada passed a law to strip off all their women as "savages" of the country. This has eliminated all at once, all Metis and their descendants, and repress those on Indian reservations that could eliminate this first blow.
While we give privileges Latest arrivals in the recognition sequence (that Métis rights are not!), Métis of Quebec suffered the ultimate insult ...
Russel Bouchard
Link Memory of CMDRSM
Read more the following communiqué:
June 21, 2008, Festival of Aboriginal
The trial of Chicoutimi: Quebec
engages and releases more than one million dollars to counter the Métis
Quebec entered an important and historic trial against the Metis Domaine du Roy and the Lordship of Mingan (DRSM). This is a legal first, where a group Métis of Quebec will claim rights to part of the territory of the Province. The fundamental purposes of this trial to be held in the Superior Court of the District of Chicoutimi are twofold: To demolish 15 camps mestizo who, according to the Attorney General, were built without permission from the State Public Lands ;
Demonstrate that there is no Métis in Quebec according to the criteria of the Powley decision by the Supreme Court of Canada and, accordingly, that the Metis have no rights within the meaning of Article 35 of the Canadian constitution.
Attorney General of Quebec has announced that it would involve 12 experts and would file 2,000 documents to prove the nonexistence of a Métis community in the DRSM. To this end, he requested 70 days to make its case heard before the Honourable Justice Roger Banford of the Superior Court of Chicoutimi. It is therefore a "mega-trial" or the state is willing to spend over a million dollars using the vast financial resources at its disposal to counter a Métis community. As for Métis
pursued their case is being a typical case, that of Metis Ghislain Corneau, that the state seeks to deprive of his camp for over 10 years. This cause is supported by the Community Metis DRSM. Clearly, the latter does not have the same financial resources that the Government of Quebec, which has access to the large pool of taxpayers. Aboriginal rights of Métis of Quebec are at the center of a fight at a disadvantage.
The State of Quebec, as the Canadian State, is a trustee of indigenous rights and as such, it must ensure that their rights are protected. It is the honor of the Crown. Quebec must act with honor and restore the situation, assisting the Métis in their judicial process. It must be remembered that the trial of Powley (mixed) in Ontario, was paid by the state. They were treated to a full defense. They have thus demonstrated, to the Supreme Court of Canada, they had hunting rights protected by the Canadian Constitution.
Métis of Quebec, like Ontario and across Canada have the same rights and should rely on the same means to enforce them. It should not end up in Quebec, before a two-tier justice in the same country!
More information:
René Tremblay, spokesman CMDRSM
Tel. 418-674-2472 or 418-693-914
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