📜 Chapter 1: Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship
What do Aboriginal Peoples' Rights in the Charter guarantee?
Correct answer: Charter rights will not harm treaty or other Aboriginal rights
A Aboriginal peoples are exempt from federal laws
✓ Charter rights will not harm treaty or other Aboriginal rights
C Only Aboriginal peoples may own land in the North
D Aboriginal peoples choose their own senators
💡 Explanation
The Charter is written so that the rights it guarantees cannot work against existing treaty rights or other rights and freedoms of Aboriginal peoples.
Key facts to remember
- Aboriginal peoples hold treaty rights and other rights and freedoms
- Charter rights must not adversely affect those rights
- The Charter cannot be used to cancel a treaty right
Why this is the answer
From the official Discover Canada study guide — 1.2.3 Aboriginal Peoples' Rights:
The Charter protects the rights of Aboriginal peoples in a particular way. Aboriginal peoples hold treaty rights, and they hold other rights and freedoms as well. The Charter states clearly that the rights it guarantees must not damage any of those rights. So the Charter cannot be used as a reason to reduce or cancel a treaty right. The two sets of rights stand together, not against one another. This protection is written into the Charter itself.
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