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Petition to END RACE BASED LAW in Canada
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June 20, 2015 END RACE BASED LAW inc. Canada
PETITION TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
WE, the undersigned citizens of Canada, draw the attention of the Government of Canada to
the following:
THAT whereas the Indian Act and Section 91(24) of the Constitution Act, (1867) have divided
Canadians by race and heritage; have perpetuated the unequal treatment of Canadian Indians,
providing the legal framework for segregation via the reserve system; have prevented reserve
Indians from equal provincial educational access; have prevented reserve Indians from having
the full legal, economic and property rights and opportunities of other Canadian citizens;
AND whereas the inclusion of Sections 35 and 25 in the Constitution Act (1982) have divided
Canadians by race and heritage; have disrupted legal commercial and exploration activities;
have introduced legal uncertainty into property ownership; have left some Canadians without
proper police protection, as in Caledonia, Ont.; and have left most Canadians with diminished
rights with every expansion of ‘indigenous rights’ based on Section 35;
AND whereas the inclusion of
“
with particular attention to the circumstances of aboriginal
offenders” in Section 718.2(e) of the Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46) has resulted in a
two- tiered system of justice, wherein Canadians receive different legal outcomes, depending on
their race/ethnic heritage;
AND whereas the United Nations
“
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples” contains
provisions that are fundamentally incompatible with Canada’s constitutional framework;
THEREFORE, your Petitioners call upon the Government of Canada to take the following
actions:
THE passage of the repeal of the Indian Act;
THE passage of the removal of
“
with particular attention to the circumstances of aboriginal
offenders
” in Section 718.2(e) of the Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46);
THE removal of Canada’s signature from the United Nations
“
Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples
”;
THE calling of a Constitutional conference, pursuant to Section 35.1 of the Constitution
Amendment Proclamation (1983), leading to the repeal of Sections 35 and 25 of the
Constitution Act (1982), and Section 91(24) of the Constitution Act (1867);
THE active encouragement of the provincial legislatures to do the same, or via provincial
referenda; and the calling of a federal/provincial Constitutional conference to fi nalize these
changes desired by the people of Canada, including setting a date for the fi nal termination of
Treaty and land claims submissions.
Petition signed by the citizens of Canada.
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