Who owns Canada?
The irrelevance of the Doctrine of Discovery
The following lightly edited opinion piece — part of a series posted here to mark Pope Francis’ pilgrimage to Canada — written by yours truly was first published in the Western Standard on June 25, 2022. Its most important assertion is a obvious one, though it is being increasingly denied by indigenous activists and their academic, clergy, and other un…
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