Bill C-15: Set up for disappointment

Vincent J. Curtis

22 June 21

RE: Indigenous peoples need a new deal.  Hamilton Spectator editorial 22 June 21

The starry-eye fools who write editorials for the Spectator are no believers in democracy, or individual rights for that matter.  In the editorial it is wistfully said, “Eventually, Canada’s laws should be consistent with UNDRIP’s requirements.”  Really?  What if Canadians democratically choose otherwise?

What about the democratic rights of Canadians?  How did their free will on domestic policy become encumbered by a pretend World Government?

“Indigenous peoples have a right to self-determination.”  Of course they do, but if they’re going to do it on the Canadian taxpayers dime, then not so much.

Continuing, “Indigenous peoples should be able to “freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social, and cultural development.”  This doesn’t occur in a vacuum.  Canada may have something to say about it, and so the word “freely” is divisively aspirational.

Lastly, “it requires the prior informed consent of Indigenous groups on any government decision that affects their land or rights, including approval of development projects.”  Using the Foxgate Property dispute in Caledonia as the example, explain how this is supposed to work on a national scale.

This passage of Bill C-15 is an exercise in moral preening by Justin Trudeau that will only disappoint, and is quite unnecessary given the recognition of aboriginal rights in the Charter.

The democratic and national rights of Canadians are treated as toilet-tissue by UNDRIP.  We are all indigenous to the planet earth.

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