Abstract

In Canada, aboriginals are constantly searching for proper representation, voice and place within in society at large and more specifically, in the parliamentary system. This paper critically examines the creation and maintenance of a place for aboriginals within contemporary Canadian governance, specifically two venues for aboriginal represent in Canada: representation through parliamentary reform or self-government by Aboriginal groups.

Highlights

  • Given their history of being colonized, their treatment by the Canadian government, the often misunderstood signing of treaties, the assimilation of culture and the largescale movement to reserves, aboriginals in Canada have been incredibly disadvantaged by the practices of colonialism and today continue to be chronically underrepresented in Canadian Parliament

  • I have determined that there are two separate routes addressing the under-representation of aboriginal groups that have generally been taken so far in the Canadian context: either reforming the current parliamentary system or creating a ‘third order’ of government through local attempts at self-governance

  • This is primarily because of the federal government’s general unwillingness to cooperate with aboriginal groups, both historically and contemporarily, the geographical spread of the diverse aboriginal populations in Canada, and the constitutional difficulties associated with amending the Canadian parliamentary system

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Introduction

Given their history of being colonized, their treatment by the Canadian government, the often misunderstood signing of treaties, the assimilation of culture and the largescale movement to reserves, aboriginals in Canada have been incredibly disadvantaged by the practices of colonialism and today continue to be chronically underrepresented in Canadian Parliament. I have determined that there are two separate routes addressing the under-representation of aboriginal groups that have generally been taken so far in the Canadian context: either reforming the current parliamentary system or creating a ‘third order’ of government through local attempts at self-governance.

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