Democracy In Canada

It is common for democracy to be thought of as a form of government, where elections are held, and the voices of the constituents are amplified and brought to power by their representatives. This form of government has been embraced by much of the modern world, as it is thought to be associated with ‘freedom' and ‘equality', but the problem with this assumption is that so long as the people are governed they are not all equal. So long as there are those making the rules and enforcing them while others are those forced to follow and abide, then not everyone is equal. These deep-rooted societal dispositions litter our culture. A thousand times over the nation has shown to give power to men over women, whites over the aboriginals, and the father over the son, so it cannot be said that this society as it stands is in a state of equality. Democracy cannot be a form of government, as that implies …show more content…
These victories include the passing of legislation such as Bill C-31 in 1985, which provided what at the time was known as ‘Indian Status' to: "the metis, all enfranchised aboriginals living off reserve land, and all aboriginal women who had lost their status by marrying non-aboriginal men". The battle over land is another front that they have been fighting which never seems to end. In 1999, "a new territory was created in the eastern Arctic as a result of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement in 1993. The federal government gave some of this land to the Inuit specifically for living, hunting, and controlling sub-surface resources". Due to the immense amount of blatant inequality they have faced, their history is bursting with examples of how our first Nations People had to fight for their freedoms. Sadly, the fight for freedom seems to be one which is never-ending, but to the contrary spreading from the government to outside sources as