"As we celebrate the 150th year of Confederation surely it is time to recognize that Aboriginal Peoples are intrinsic to what we are as a country," writes Gillian Steward. So when are we actually going to formally recognize that Canada has three founding peoples — Indigenous, French, and British — not just two? Perhaps refugees understand the isolation and humiliation of Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples better than anyone else. Kathleen Mahoney, a law professor at the University of Calgary, wants to take the recognition of Canada’s Indigenous roots even further. Some treaties between Indigenous groups and the colonizers had already been signed at the time but technically Aboriginal Peoples are not considered founders.

Source: thestar March 07, 2017 11:03 UTC