Everyone's effed

I pulled this bombshell from the CBC off the internet. You just wait until lawyers representing Indigenous land claims all across Canada get ahold of this ruling!

Hitherto, all Indian lands were on Crown land, given over to them for their use. But the title was in the Crown's name. That's basically over and we're all effed. Now the Indigenous -- only four percent of the entire population -- will lay claim to every inch of land in the entire country. You just watch! Here's what's happened:

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"The British Columbia Supreme Court quietly issued its long-awaited decision in Cowichan Tribes v. Canada on Thursday.

"In a decision that is sure to ruffle feathers, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Barbara Young declared the Cowichan Tribes have established Aboriginal title to roughly 800 acres in Richmond."

All now owned by the Cowichan.

This land includes very expensive real estate and a golf course (see above), but woe betide anyone who tries to sell any of it because title will automatically revert to the Cowichan, so no one will buy it! The Cowichan are on Vancouver Island, but they claimed that they used to hunt and fish on the mainland, so that's their land. Get a grip!

"A B.C. Supreme Court judge has recognized the Cowichan Nation’s Aboriginal title to parts of Lulu Island and the Fraser River’s south arm, concluding a five-year, 513-day trial — described as the longest in Canadian history.

" 'I agree that Aboriginal title is a prior and senior right to land,' Young writes in the ruling. 'The question of what remains of Aboriginal title after the granting of fee simple title to the same lands should be reversed. The proper question is: What remains of fee simple title after Aboriginal title is recognized in the same lands?'

"The 863-page judgment will have wide-reaching legal implications.

"The court confirmed the Cowichan Nation has legal ownership, known as Aboriginal title, over specific lands on Lulu Island and parts of the Fraser River’s south arm."

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So, in effect -- not that anyone (except me) has noticed yet -- our entire country is invalid. It's apparently owned by the Indigenous and we have aided and abetted this notion by encouraging anyone who stands up to speak in the public thoroughfare first acknowledge the gathering is on some unceded territory of Band X or Tribe Y.

So, thank you Justice Barbara Young. You have just thrown the baby out with the bath water and opened the door to giving away the entire country.

Let that settle in, folks. Let it. Four percent of the population of one province will now dictate to the rest of us. And we can't even vote in their elections! As I said, let that sink in.