Kinew is right that the Indian Act is a relic. Ending it carefully, with the people it governs, makes sense. What does not make sense is treating constitutional lock-in via a quiet court appearance, or confidential land transfers signed under non-disclosure agreement, as the model for the rest of the country. Canadians can support self-determination and negotiated partnerships; they cannot support a process in which governments and First Nations agree among themselves, then ask a judge to put the result beyond the reach of the voters who will live with the consequences — or simply hand over public land and tell the public afterward.
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