Collective Rights - Social studies Alberta

What did Metis want from the Manitoba Act?

• More English speaking government
• To move east and establish farms.
• Protection of land and French culture
• To build a railway to BC

The Manitoba Schools Act

• took away French rights and made English official language.
• separated Catholic and Protestant schools
• did not allow Metis to leave reserves at all
• decreased governments rights to make laws.

Collective rights are...

• Special rights held only by certain groups
• Provided because of historical agreements or promises
• Meant to preserve unique identity
• All of the above

Collective rights are meant to preserve

• A group's unique identity 
• A group's historical significance
• A group's understanding of its place in society
• Extinct cultural groups

Which group does NOT have a specific set of collective rights?

• Francophones
• Metis
• First Nations
• Immigrants

Why did Canada offer treaties to the First Nations people?

• To settle the East peacefully
• To settle the West peacefully
• To get more beaver pelts for less money
• Because Louis Riel forced them to

Why is the Indian Act problematic?

• It is paternalistic
• It treats First Nations people like children
• There are lots of restrictions
• All of the above

Other than the First Nations people with government status, who gets hunting and fishing rights where others do not?

• Francophones
• Metis
• Anglophones
• Land Owners

Who do the official Language Minority Rights apply to?

• Francophones
• Anglophones
• People who speak both English and French
• All of the above

What is a Constitution?

• Any law made in Canada
• The foundation law of a country
• An important law which can only be changed with 25% approval from Canadians
• The Canadian Bill of Rights