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Originally Posted by dicknormal
This agreement is not worth a hill of beans to the largest % of the Alberta Metis population. It is more pomp and circumstance geared at vote's for the NDP.
By the time the majority of Metis realize they have been left out of this agreement it will be to late and they will have voted. Links to these 4 area's have to be proven to have existed prior to 1900 and then that only allows harvesting in that area.
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While for the NDP this is politics and blatant vote buying....
For the Metis it is so much more.
This is about control of Natural Resources.
Start small and grow control from there.
Fish and fur, then trees, minerals....
First Nations are also charging forward for control of these resources, following the same path.
Within a few more court decisions and the higher competition for a limited resource, Indigenous Peoples will be given FULL control of Wildlife.
White Hunter privilege will be defined as having the privilege of asking First Nations or perhaps the Metis to be allowed to hunt....
Back to politics.... I wonder how many First Nations will now NOT vote NDP because the NDP just gave away a good chunk of control over "their" animals. I know many are not happy.
Expanding Metis harvesting "rights" throws a curveball at First Nations plans to take full control of Wildlife.