A 1.4 million acre land reserve, bilingual denominational schools, a parliamentary system and official "aboriginal title" was promised as part of the act. ... Currently the MNC operates under bylaws of a Secretariat under federal law. However, the Metis existence, rights and aspirations are limited due to this federal control. ...
Equally puzzling is the referral of Trudeau's nationalist compatriots and colleagues in the years since to give him any credit for fighting in 1942 a good nationalist fight on behalf of the anti-conscription, quasi-separatist candidacy of Jean Drapeau; not so puzzling in the refusal of Angelo Saxon patriots to give Trudeau any credit at all for joining a reserve regiment before the war. ... P.E.T. never did deal in democratic norms; instead, the elitist Trudeau gave Quebec's elitists the first crack at the bilingual club and transformed the federal bureaucracy, at least on its highes...
