Going back to the Colonial System?

Angelica Montgomery writes about the steps taken by Mollen Dupuis,  co-organizer of the Quebec branch of the Idle No More movement, regarding the Values Charter issued in Quebec. Dupuis has made an interesting comment on the latest rules being laid down by the government regarding religious and spiritual symbols. She views it as a return to the colonial system that Canadians rebelled against 480 years ago. Dupuis is encouraging First Nations to sport spiritual symbols as a protest. And she is blasting the Quebec government for having ignored the values of the First Nations in the province. The charter, however, does not affect the Aboriginal Peoples as they function as an independent nation.  Pauline Marois, premier of Quebec, is heading out Nunavik for a series of announcements. 

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