Collective Rights In Canada

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Looking towards the world, the population of aboriginals isn’t that large. Canada’s government has promised many treaties, and has tried to pitch in by providing money to the aboriginals, but to this day, they have not fully affirmed the collective rights of the Aboriginals. They for sure have tried, but from what the world see’s, the government (especially the old Harper government) doesn’t find the long-term solution to the issues. They just try to settle it with some more money, without actually thinking of what could happen in the future. Collective rights are rights guaranteed to specific groups in canadian society. The First nations are a collective with collective rights. A really strong example of one way in which the government hasn’t …show more content…

Some of the community members are not getting any housing at all. People from this community are huddling in small tents, unheated homes, non insulated homes, water free homes, and toilet free homes. There are homes infested with lice, scabies and mould. And just to top it off, the weather is unbearable. People go as far as taking care of their newborns in a below freezing area. As harsh as this all sounds, the government isn’t doing exactly what they should be to help the Aboriginal band out. This essay will be explaining why this is happening, the Government's perspective, and the First Nations perspectives. Just to set the points about how Canada’s government isn’t fully affirming the collective rights for …show more content…

The first nations chief, Theresa Spence, states “In this community of 1800, 314 people are on a waiting list for housing, the people are at risk of dying from the cold.” This is exactly what i’m trying to prove. People may be dying, but the government isn’t caring. The government may think of a solution for a year or two, but not forever. The Attawapiskat also state that they can’t build houses at a cost of $250,000 each. This is another fact showing how the government didn’t do the right thing by just giving the Attawapiskat 90 million dollars. They need much more money than that to maintain a healthy,warm life. The government has not even provided any shops or tools to the Attawapiskat to fix their damaged houses. The Attawapiskat have no option but to suffer. As for how the government said the Attawapiskat need an outsider watching over the finances, critics pointed out that funds given to the community already have an government manager managing the community. So if there was a problem, the government would have known about it a long time ago. The government is just wasting time and money at this point. “Instead of offering aid to canada’s first people, the Harper government decides to blame them” Chief Spence

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