The brilliant George Eliot wrote: “And the present time was like the level plain where men lose their belief in volcanoes and earthquakes, thinking tomorrow will be as yesterday, and the giant forces that used to shape the earth are forever laid to sleep.”īecause of the coronavirus pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine, Canada is regaining its belief in volcanoes and earthquakes.įor many years past, oblivious of history’s inevitable volcanoes and earthquakes, Canada has experienced the dangerous emasculation of Crown sovereignty perpetrated by our higher courts and governing classes, encouraged by academia and the media, in favor of so-called “separate nation-self-governing” Indigenous groups, who have been encouraged to behave as if they are not always subject to Canadian law.
Immediately below are my abbreviated thoughts on this:
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I also write that a strong, sovereign government, with sole legal powers in its jurisdiction is essential to deal with national emergencies and crises like the Coronavirus pandemic and like a possible fuel shortage or extreme hike in fuel prices caused by war, such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine, where, in the latter case, governments must be able to immediately construct or upgrade national infrastructure, such as a pipeline, without the debilitating, delaying presence of the Indigenous “consult and accommodate” requirement. I detail the damage to the economy, the flight of capital, the harm to the government revenue, and the harm to the rule of law. In chapter 34 of There Is No Difference, The Imperative of Crown Sovereignty, I strongly criticize the emasculation and diminishment of absolute and total Crown sovereignty by our higher courts and governing classes in favour of “sharing” Crown sovereignty in certain major circumstances with Indigenous groups. SPECIAL CORONAVIRUS AND UKRAINE INVASION INSERT
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Raised in nearby Espanola, favored with lifelong personal and professional relationships with indigenous Canadians, he brings a personal, literary and historical perspective to the greatest social crisis experienced by Canada today- the perilous state of its original peoples. Peter Best is a lawyer who has practiced law in Sudbury, Ontario for 43 years.
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Best also issues a strong warning against the serious diminution of Crown sovereignty by our Supreme Court and our politicians, resulting in a serious threat to the rule of law, serious economic harm, and harm to our national welfare generally.Ī respectful and heartfelt argument and plea for our First Nations peoples to join our increasingly racially indifferent 21st century Canadian family on the basis of full equality of rights and responsibilities A COMPELLING SOLUTION TO ENDING THE TRAGICALLY HIGH DEGREE OF POVERTY AND SOCIAL DYSFUNCTION AMONG CANADA’S FIRST NATIONS PEOPLES: LEGAL EQUALITY!įor decades Canada’s indigenous and non-indigenous elites have been mindlessly doubling down on the apartheid-like, “separate but equal” dysfunctional status quo that has so harmed the vast majority of vulnerable, marginalized indigenous Canadians: all to no benefit!Īuthor-lawyer Peter Best offers as a compelling alternative the Nelson Mandela solution: complete legal equality with the rest of Canadians-the necessary precursor to social and economic equality- by amending the Canadian constitution, repealing the Indian Act, converting the reserves, and ending all the other special rights and entitlements that have so oppressed them.