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Originally Posted by 209x50
It's not so much that they can hunt year round, that is given. It is WHERE they can hunt year round that is in contest. The article lays it out pretty clear, the Metis themselves know they don't have the right to hunt all of Alberta but they are asking a judge to give them that right.
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This is a pretty broad statement to make. The question that pops to mind is where you got your information that "the Metis themselves know they don't have the right to hunt all of Alberta". I know, I should google it and find it myself. Regardless, I think that this was discussed in R. v. Powley. The Alberta government is trying to prove here weren't Metis people throughout the whole province and therefore the gov't can in effect restrict or designate where the Metis can or cannot hunt. As far as " asking a judge to give them that right", I believe that this is also covered in s. 35(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982.