Question 29 of 33
True or False? The Royal Proclamation of 1763 is often referred to as the Magna Carta of Aboriginal rights, and the clauses relating to these peoples are still valid.
That’s right! The Proclamation contains the historical foundations or basis of Canada’s relations with the Aboriginal peoples. In the eyes of the British, these peoples were of the utmost importance, and for this reason more than a third of the Proclamation is devoted to a detailed description of relations with Aboriginal peoples.
Although certain provisions of this royal edict are no longer valid today (the limits of the colony of Québec as it existed in 1763, for example), the provisions concerning Aboriginal peoples have never been abolished. Hence, in legal jargon, they still have force of law in Canada.