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- Wow, this must have changed a lot. I can’t help but notice that the constitution uses the term “Aboriginals”.
- Yes it does. Although Indigenous is the preferred term, the bill refers to Aboriginal rights because that was the term previously used when it was made. In the constitution the term Aboriginal is used to include the Inuit, Metis and First Nations communities.
- What does notwithstanding mean?
- Essentially it meant that the Canadian government cannot overrule these rights. After years of neglect and denial, the Indigenous communities existing rights based on their occupation of land before European settlers was acknowledged. It finally received constitutional protection and since then it has become the basis of all legal action!
- Wow I had no idea that it was such a significant event. I am really sorry for everything your community has had to deal with.
- It’s okay, thank you for listening. It's important that awareness is spread, especially to those in the younger generation like yourself.
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