The Aboriginal population has been treated immorally within the Canadian legal and political structure. As the native population in Canada is not treated with equality and justice, we see the aboriginal community in Canada with poor education, in poverty and substance abuse. ... A continued systematic oppression of the aboriginal population was evident in Canada, by assimilation into Western Culture. ... The Indian Act is a Canadian statute that incorporates the issues of governance, reserves, and status among the indigenous population (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada). ... ...

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The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the federal and provincial legislatures were implemented to assure the protection and freedom of the Canada's citizens. ... The never-ending debate for the legalization of assisted suicide is quite interesting in the sense that its morality is questionable according to certain groups of individuals of the population. Canada has, in my opinion, a relatively good justice system but it isn't perfect. ... I cannot believe that the Canadian population has any sort of power to decide whether someone lives through years of pain knowing there is n...

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The United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations rejects both doctrines. Canadian law has never used either "discovery" or "terra nullius." ... Yet for decades the Government of Canada referred to the Syliboy decision as defining the status of treaties in Canadian law. ... If Canadian law had given Indians rights, Indians had rights. ... In 1982 section 35 was added to the Constitution of Canada: (1) The existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada are hereby recognized and affirmed. (2) In this Act, "aboriginal peoples of Canada" includes ...

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Why can't we recognize the innocuous yet beneficial aspects of marijuana as a mood elevator and try to enhance life for the population? ... While marijuana is illegal in Canada, in a study done by the city of Vancouver, they estimated the annual retail value of marijuana grown in their city alone was $750 million. ...

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So, one can determine the legal obligation by establishing the likelihood that one will be harmed on disobeyance of a threat issued by someone who is habitually obeyed by the bulk of the population and habitually obeys no one else. ...

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