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Jamie Sarkonak: Danielle Smith gets it. Aboriginal rights have gone too far
All premiers should be talking about amending Section 35 of the Constitution
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Within the tangle of Indigenous rights holding down the Canadian economy is Section 35 of the 1982 Constitution — the Indigenous rights guarantee. It’s the country’s very own Gordian Knot, and that’s why it was such a good sign that Premier Danielle Smith is willing to split it.
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“If there’s an appetite among the other premiers to talk about defining that ever further through some kind of constitutional amendment, I’m open to having that conversation,” Smith told reporters at a Friday news conference. She added that the conversation could start as early as this week.
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Section 35 is the reason why private property rights have been in flux in B.C. since last summer; it’s the cause of death for pipeline projects that couldn’t survive past the drawing board. It’s a convenient excuse for weak governments to justify their inaction when Indigenous fishers on the East Coast harvest illegally. And earlier this month, when an Alberta judge invalidated a citizens’ petition on secession for the preposterous........