“Mr. Speaker, when we think of the modern treaties or agreements between the federal government and first nations and so forth, there has never been an example where the federal government has forfeited private property rights. That is a challenge I would put to Conservatives. I would ask them to give me an example of where that has taken place. Is the leader of the Green Party aware of any?”
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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 19 wordsI know a lot of my Conservative friends are wondering about the expropriations built into Bill C-15 for Alto.1Partly on pointUnearned certaintyReasoning · 44 wordsThat is basing it on what kind of title rights we have in this country.Nobody’s title rights in fee simple are absolute vis-à-vis our own government, but they are absolute vis-à-vis potential indigenous title, which has not in any way been put forward.Claims · 51 wordsAs my hon. colleague from Winnipeg Centre says, there has been no case ever where indigenous title has resulted in fee simple title rights being lost for settler culture Canadians.2Fee simple rights are only taken when a government expropriates for something big, like the Mirabel airport or what have you.3
