Argument: Temporary programs of preferential treatment "level the playing field" and provide historically marginalized groups quality of opportunity.

Lecture and Assignment 7.1: Affirmative Action + Collective Rights in Canada

Argument: Because First Nations were here first, the Canadian government must continue to "pay rent" and abide by the agreements and treaties signed and promised.

Argument: The legislation of language rights in Quebec has quelled separatist sentiment and provided for stability in French identity and culture.

Argument: The historical marginalization and cultural genocide of First Nations language and culture must be addressed and redressed.

R.H. Thomson reading "I Love This Land" by Chief R. Stacey LaForme

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1088105539691

Assignment 7.2: Illberalism Worksheet

THE INDIAN ACT

Argument: The Indian Act is an illiberal document which limited the rights, roles and responsibilities of First Nations peoples.

Argument: First Nations in Canada are not only citizens of Canada, but entitled to the rights and responsibilities of being First Nations.

Citizens Plus

The phrase "citizens plus," coined in the 1966 Hawthorn Report, defined Aboriginal people as citizens "who possessed the same rights and responsibilities as other Canadians, in addition to those rights guaranteed through treaties and initial occupation of North America."

In a1963 report, A Survey of the Contemporary Indians of Canada: Economic, Political, Educational Needs and Policies, Harry B. Hawthorn concluded that Aboriginal peoples were Canada’s most disadvantaged and marginalized population. They were “citizens minus.” Hawthorn attributed this situation to years of failed government policy, particularly the residential school system, which left students unprepared for participation in the contemporary economy. Hawthorn recommended that Aboriginal peoples be considered “citizens plus” and be provided with the opportunities and resources to choose their own lifestyles, whether within reserve communities or elsewhere. He also advocated ending all forced assimilation programs, especially the residential schools. (Hawthorn’s two-volume report can be read online here.)

Enrichment Activity: Experimental Eskimos

War Measures Act + Emergencies Act + Anti-Terrorism Act + Bill C-51

Argument: The use of emergency legislation is justified if the peace and security of a nation is under threat (very large document)

OCTOBER CRISIS DOCUMENTARY

Argument: Giving up liberty to ensure security is a "slippery slope" to authoritarianism.

Assignment 7.3: The Albany Case

Argument: If a government, even with the best of intentions, infringes upon an individual's freedom and human rights, it must face the consequences, regardless of how undesirable they might be.

Assignment 7.4: Omar Khadr Case Study

Does Omar Khadr deserve a multi-million dollar settlement? | The Sunday Talk

Argument: Marginalizing certain minorities and groups during crisis is illiberal and unjustified.

Video: 'A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian': Harper, Trudeau spar over right to revoke citizenship

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/video-video-a-canadian-is-a-canadian-is-a-canadian-harper-trudeau-spar/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/7xaxby/a-canadian-is-a-canadian-liberal-leader-says-terrorists-should-keep-their-citizenship

Argument: Marginalizing certain minorities and groups during crisis is illiberal and unjustified.

Enrichment Activity:

Assignment 7.5: The Muslims Next Door

5. muslims next door.docx

Enrichment Activity: Assignment 7.6 PROFUNC

profunc-1.doc

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