Thomas Scott, a member of the Orange Order, had a deep hatred for the Metis people and was involved in a community that treated the Metis in a very disrespectful way. We believe, as the French Canadians living in Quebec, that the execution of Thomas Scott by the Metis was, indeed, justified. Why may you ask? Well, being the descendants of the French, the Metis have always had a difficult time being heard and were treated as a minority as we, French Canadians were. For instance, in 1868, the Canadian government did not negotiate at all with the Metis about buying Rupert’s land because they assumed that the Metis did not legally own the land. Moreover, as the Metis had their own government, the provisional government, and sovereign rights, they
