SOURCE: NYT
11-12-17
tags: Canada, Quebec, Indigenous Land, Algonquin, Ontario
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11-12-17
Vast Indigenous Land Claims in Canada Encompass Parliament Hill
Breaking Newstags: Canada, Quebec, Indigenous Land, Algonquin, Ontario
Whenever Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or his cabinet ministers speak in certain parts of Ontario or Quebec, they begin by acknowledging they are on “unceded Algonquin territory.”
That recognition is just one of the ways Mr. Trudeau’s government has been trying to signal a top priority: righting the wrongs Canada has done to indigenous people, especially over land that aboriginals say was taken from them unjustly.
But finding common ground on this issue has proved to be one of Mr. Trudeau’s most difficult policy initiatives, and critics say efforts to resolve the land disputes have bogged down. But both sides agree on the importance of sorting out the claims.
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