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It is police business if they choose to report it as abuse. But it isn't our business unless help is requested.

Canada does not discriminate based on how people dress either.

True, that's the internationally recognized term. However, our Constitution Act still refers to "Aboriginal rights".

I believe there are some 300+ sovereign Indigenous Nations in Canada. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/aboriginal-people/

That's already been decided in law: Canada does not discriminate by religion.

We didn't make war. We made treaties of peace, friendship and respect that we are legally bound to uphold.

It is nobody's business what a woman chooses to wear, nor why.

We all have to deal with the laws of our land, and that includes treaties and Aboriginal rights. The law is always complex, but it's the best way we have to "try to get along".

The Supreme Court disagrees. Test. The test for Aboriginal title is based on sufficient, continuous and exclusive occupation by a First Nation prior to European sovereignty and does not bar nomadic and semi-nomadic people from proving an Aboriginal title claim. A court should emphasize integration of Canadian common law and Aboriginal perspectives in applying this test. Territorial Scope. The SCC confirmed that Aboriginal title is not necessarily confined to specific settlement sites, but may extend to tracts of land that Aboriginal peoples regularly used prior to European sovereignty. http://www.mcinnescooper.com/publications/legal-alert-scc-sets-test-for-and-defines-rights-of-aboriginal-title-in-canada-in-tsilhqotin-nation-v-b-c/ At some point it becomes just stupid to keep arguing with the laws of Canada. Love it or leave it.

Those are not our "tax dollars". Those are the trust funds of Indigenous Nations, for leases and sales of land rights, revenues from resources, etc., via treaties, land claims, etc. If our governments have 'misspent' any Indigenous trust funds ... whose fault is that?

We made peace treaties with Indigenous Nations for use of their land. We have land rights in Canada only by treaty.

True. I should have said 'Be an idiot if you want to'. Nobody cares.

We are only so "entitled" by respecting the treaties with Indigenous Nations.

The law is clear: Women coming to Canada are required to show their face once in private for identification when obtaining citizenship. Other than that, women in Canada and coming to Canada are free to wear what they choose. Nobody's business. Go ahead. Look like an idiot if you want to. Nobody cares.

It is none of your business what a woman chooses to wear in Canada, and that is the topic of this thread.

The legal existence of Canada is based on treaties. Treaties can only be renegotiated by mutual agreement. Law is a complex thing, requiring education and expertise. We do live by laws of the 1800's and earlier, that defined the boundaries of Canada, for example.

This discussion is about Canada, where I can cover my face but not my tits ... as I choose.

Nonsense. Canada doesn't exist without treaties. Lol

It's best we leave the interpretation to the courts. There are often additional documents, letters, etc., that we don't have access to, that help the courts clarify the understanding of the treaties. With no treaty, of course, the land is still Aboriginal title. Even with treaties, some Aboriginal rights are retained - ie, the right to sustain themselves off the land. Overriding agreements still apply too - eg, the Royal Proclamation 1763, the Silver Covenant Chain etc. Again, a reason to leave interpretation to the courts.

Oh stop the nonsense. You don't speak for them. This is Canada. I'll wear what I f'n want to. I'll hang my tits out and cover my face if I feel like it. Really not your business.

No, PIK, most Canadians do not agree with your bigoted notions. You are one of a miniscule fraction of a percentage of people who hold such extremist views. By "this crap with the natives" I assume you mean the treaties that allow us to live here? End that (you can't) and you end Canada. Lol

Canada stopped discriminating against non-whites and non-Christians in 1967, and implemented an immigration points system that values education/training, language, etc - ie, the skills that make one self sufficient. It works well, and has been copied by other countries. Discrimination based on religion is not part of it, nor should it be nor will it ever be again.

You need to be asking yourself why you are so terrified of a woman with her face covered. Lol Such a load of nonsense and fear-mongering.

That isn't true. Indigenous Peoples have kept their treaties with us that allow us to live on their land. We have not kept our treaties with them. Their request is always the same: Honour the treaties.

Some Christians say that about homosexuals too. What was your point?