What other s. 35 rights do the Métis people have?
It is important to remember that the Powley case is only about the Métis right to hunt. However, the Court states that the general purpose of s. 35 for the Métis is to protect the “practices that were historically important features of these distinctive communities and that persist in the present day as integral elements of their Métis culture.” Achieving certainty on other Métis rights protected in s. 35 will hopefully come through negotiations between the Métis and governments in Canada and/or litigation.
