Friday 17 May 2019

Jackie Vautour's fight for Indigenous rights continues

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May 18
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I contacted this lawyer and the Métis people again because of what she said. Methinks nobody should be surprised that I was ignored as usual N'esy Pas? 


https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/05/jackie-vautours-fight-for-indigenous.html


 


https://www.cbc.ca/radio/outintheopen/legacy-projects-1.5121762/louis-riel-s-great-great-niece-proudly-defends-her-uncle-s-legacy-%E3%83%BC-but-doesn-t-think-he-should-be-exonerated-1.5129468



Louis Riel's great-great niece proudly defends her uncle's legacy ー but doesn't think he should be exonerated




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Reply to @David Amos: I contacted this lawyer and the Métis people again because of what she said. Methinks nobody should be surprised that I was ignored as usual N'esy Pas?




May 17
As I listen to CBC and many people talk of their concerns Somebody must admit that I have the right to be angry too EH???  




https://www.cbc.ca/radio/outintheopen/political-anger-architects-1.3825756/web-exclusive-polite-no-more-1.3825965





Web exclusive: Polite No More

CBC Radio · Posted: Oct 28, 2016 12:02 PM ET

When Zoe Todd, a Metis woman from Edmonton, was studying in Scotland, she had a realization. The anger she felt at colonial systems and the damage they've wreaked on Indigenous people in Canada had to be expressed, not pushed down.

Zoe went from being a docile people-pleaser to speaking out with anger about the inequalities and injustice she saw all around her. And it didn't always make her friends and colleagues feel comfortable.

"When you really hone in on something that you can see is unfair or unjust, and you speak it clearly and with power in your voice, it disturbs people, it unsettles them, it provokes discomfort."


Zoe spoke to Piya about how she changed the way she felt about using anger as part of a range of emotions in her life and work.



Louis Riel's great-great niece proudly defends her uncle's legacy ー but doesn't think he should be exonerated | CBC Radio


https://www.cbc.ca/radio/outintheopen/legacy-projects-1.5121762/louis-riel-s-great-great-niece-proudly-defends-her-uncle-s-legacy-%E3%83%BC-but-doesn-t-think-he-should-be-exonerated-1.5129468 



Louis Riel's great-great niece proudly defends her uncle's legacy ー but doesn't think he should be exonerated

People have called for the political leader of the Métis people to be posthumously absolved of his past


Jean Teillet is the great-great niece of Louis Riel, the founder of Manitoba, and a political leader of the Métis people. (Ed Henderson)


In one narrative, Louis Riel was a traitor who was hanged for treason after mounting a rebellion against Canada. In another, he's a brave defender of the Métis people and founding father of Manitoba... which has led some to call for his posthumous exoneration.

Piya speaks with Jean Teillet, great-great niece of Riel, about her pride in his legacy, why she thinks exoneration's not the answer... and what she makes of those in her own family who disagree with her.

This story appears in the Out in the Open episode, "Legacy Projects".





https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/jackie-vautour-supreme-court-fishing-kouchibouguac-expropriation-1.4528556


Supreme Court refuses to hear New Brunswick illegal fishing appeal

Jackie Vautour's fight for Indigenous rights continues with class-action over Kouchibouguac expropriation




Jackie Vautour, pictured here with his wife Yvonne, is disappointed by the Supreme Court's decision not to hear his illegal fishing appeal, but remains resolved about the class-action lawsuit, his lawyer said. (Amélie Gosselin/Radio-Canada)

The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear the appeal of a New Brunswick man and his son, convicted of illegally harvesting clams in Kouchibouguac National Park nearly 20 years ago — but Jackie Vautour's legal fight for Indigenous rights is far from over, says his lawyer.
"It's unfortunate. However, the struggle continues and we will redouble our efforts in the [class-action lawsuit] we have in the [New Brunswick] Court of Queen's Bench, which deals with Aboriginal title," and the expropriation of Kouchibouguac National Park, said Michael Swinwood.
On Thursday, Canada's top court dismissed the application by Vautour and his son Roy for leave to appeal, bringing an end to their criminal proceedings.



The case began in 1998 when they were charged for contravening the National Parks of Canada Fishing Regulations and the Canada National Parks Act.
As is customary, the Supreme Court gave no reasons for its decision.
The Vautours, who admitted harvesting the clams in the park but argued they are of Métis descent and had a constitutional right to do so, are disappointed but not deterred, said Swinwood.
"It's not the end, it's just really the beginning for us because we have this parallel case and it is a little bit more deep and profound than the fishing charge and so that's what we have to go forward with."
Vautour, who is in his late 80s, is one of the lead plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against the federal and provincial governments over the expropriation of land in 1969-70 to create Kouchibouguac National Park in Kent County.



Michael Swinwood expects the class-action lawsuit over the expropriation of Kouchibouguac National Park will be heard by the New Brunswick Court of Appeal within the next year. (Micki Cowan/CBC)
An estimated 1,200 people of Mi'kmaq and Métis Acadian origin saw their homes bulldozed to the ground, as 10 Acadian villages were destroyed to create the park, north of Moncton.
Vautour still lives in the park with his wife and and continues to fight for the right to live off the land.
The class-action, which involves 110 families, is "extremely important," according to Swinwood, because it is the first title case for Indigenous people in New Brunswick.
He anticipates it will be heard within the next year and feels confident.
Although the Vautours were convicted after the provincial court ruled they failed to establish the presence of a historic Métis community in the area, Swinwood will argue that requirement is "an absurdity," given what he described as "acts of genocide."
The expulsion of the Acadians in 1755, also known as the Great Upheaval, "was in fact a complete destruction of community and there was fear thereafter to establish oneself within the territory, although this was their traditional territory," he said.
"And I say the expropriation that occurred in 1969 was just a repetition of the grand dérangement."
Vautour was given an absolute discharge for the illegal fishing charge. His son was fined $800.
The New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench dismissed their appeal in 2015 and the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick refused to hear their appeal in 2017, prompting the application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.
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