Canada's Constitutional Monarchy by Nathan Tidridge

Author:Nathan Tidridge
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dundurn
Published: 2011-10-24T16:00:00+00:00

Issued after the conclusion of the Seven Years’ War and the fall of New France, King George III’s Royal Proclamation stands as the proverbial Magna Carta of Aboriginal rights in Canada:

This portrait of King George III hangs in the Senate and was painted by Joshua Reynolds (1723–92).

The Senate of Canada.

The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was the most significant landmark in the Crown’s history of treaty making with Aboriginal peoples. While not a treaty, the Proclamation did establish fundamental principles to guide the Crown in making treaties, particularly with regard to the lands of Indian nations.

The Proclamation also stands as an important recognition of the rights of Aboriginal peoples and their status as nations. It has been called the Indian Bill of Rights, and it continues to have the force of law in Canada. It is at least quasi-constitutional in nature, if not a fundamental component of the constitutional law of Canada.

(Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (1996), Volume 2, Section 6.1)

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