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Sovereign injustice : forcible inclusion of the James Bay Crees and Cree territory into a sovereign Québec.

Title: Sovereign injustice : forcible inclusion of the James Bay Crees and Cree territory into a sovereign Québec.
Publication: Nemaska, Québec, Canada : Grand Council of the Crees, [1995]

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Grand Council of the Crees (of Quebec)

Description

494 pages : color map; 28 cm

Summary

States the case against inclusion of the Crees in a sovereign Quebec, and asserts the need for Aboriginal self-determination.

Subject

Genre/Form

Treaties

Note

Prepared by Paul Joffe.
"October 1995."

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [461]-494).

Language (note)

Text in English or French; introduction in English and French; summary in English and French laid in.

Contents

Introduction -- 1. Who are"people" with the right to self-determination? -- 1.1 Aboriginal peoples as distinct "peoples" -- 1.2 Quebecers as a distinct "people" -- 1.3 Can Aboriginal peoples be forcibly included as part of the "Québec people" for secession purposes? -- 2. Self-determination and the right to secede -- 2.1 Right to self-determination of Aboriginal peoples -- 2.2 Recognition of self-determination not a precedent for a right to secede -- 2.3 Self-determination -- the right to choose -- 3. Québec's secession attempt -- on what basis is it justifiable? -- 3.1 Canadian Constitution -- no right to unilaterally secede -- 3.1.1 Has a constitutional convention been established in regard to the unilateral secession of Québec? -- 3.2 Internal self-determination of Quebecers -- 3.3 PQ strategy to undermine the functioning of the Canadian Federation -- 3.4 International law -- no right of Québec to secede -- 3.4.1 Key distinctions between Québec and former Yugoslavia -- 3.4.2 Key distinctions between Québec and Baltic states -- 3.5 Need for informed discussion prior to referendm vote -- 3.5.1 Attempts to suppress free and open debate -- 3.5.2 Need to clarify basis for PQ government's unilateral declaration of independence -- 4. Effective control and the use of force -- 4.1 Effective control -- secession by revolution -- 4.2 Potential use of force by government -- 4.2.1 Use of force by PQ government -- 4.2.2 Use of force by Canadian government -- 5. Boundary issues in the context of Québec secession -- 5.1 Québec's borders at risk following a UDI -- 5.2 The notion of uti possidetis -- 5.3 Inapplicability of uti possidetis to the Canada/Québec/Aboriginal context -- 5.4 The 1898 and 1912 Boundary Extensions in Québec -- 5.4.1 Rationale for provincial boundary extensions in 1912 -- 5.4.2 Failure to obtain Aboriginal peoples' consent to 1898 and 1912 transfers -- 6. Québec "territorial integrity" -- unilaterally impased on Aboriginal peoples -- 7. Analysis of five-expert study commissioned by Québec national assembly -- 8. Relevance of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement -- 8.1 JBNQA negotiations -- inequitable conditions and circumstances -- 8.2 Denial of Cree self-determination under JBNQA -- 8.3 Legal status of JBNQA in the context of Québec secession -- 8.3.1 Effect of JBNQA under Canadian Law -- 8.3.2 Effect of JBNQA under international law -- 9. Québec's 1995 referendum on independence -- 9.1 Inherent limitations of referendums and lack of legitimacy in Québec's process -- 9.2 Significance of referendums by Aboriginal peoples in Québec -- 9.3 Inadequacies of a simple majority vote -- 9.3.1 July 1948 Newfoundland referendum -- a precedent for Québec secession? -- 9.4 Absence of a proposed constitution and other negotiated arrangements for a new Québec state -- 10. Fiduciary responsibilities of governments in the context of Québec secession -- 10.1 Fiduciary obligations of Canadian government -- 10.2 Fiduciary obligations of Québec government -- 11. Responsibilities of the international community in the Aboriginal/Québec context -- 11.1 Appropriate measures to be taken by the international community -- 12. Potential impacts of Québec secession on Aboriginal peoples -- 12.1 Canadian Federation versus a unitary Québec state -- essential differences -- 13. Academic literature on secession: serious shortcomings affecting Aboriginal peoples -- 14. Summary of double standards, inconsistencies and discrimination by separatists -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Authorities.

ISBN

0968019102
9780968019108

LCCN

95227415

OCLC

ocm35885970
35885970
SCSB-2111573

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library