First Nations owed over $100B under 1850 Ontario treaty: Nobel-winning economist cdnpoli
The Robinson Superior Treaty and Robinson Huron Treaty were hammered out 17 years before Confederation as the then Province of Canada sought to exploit copper and iron ore deposits north of Lakes Huron and Superior.Article content
But the payments stagnated as logging and mining in the area grew, prompting legal action this century to recoup what the Anishinaabe say they should have received in annuities. Earlier this year, meanwhile, the two levels of governments entered into settlement talks with one of the treaty groups — Robinson Huron, but not Robinson Superior.Article content
But Stiglitz argues that the Ontario analysis is flawed in several areas, including by ignoring the risk borne by the Anishinaabe. They gave up their land, for instance, not knowing if wealth would flow from it, if the land would be properly managed or the Crown would actually honour its obligations to them, he said.
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