The problem is that Aboriginals are being confined to lands, like reserves in the past. 'communities' are a simple way to do this and over the last few years has been preferred by the AFN in crown provincial land rewards to the AFN. So, obviously, the provincial crown has already favored the AFN 'communities' and the AFN has the same expectations when dealing with other Aboriginals. Metis don't necessarily have land granted provincial land and sea communities. Ontario Metis status is a poor example, but, before the AFN treatied with the provincial crowns, Aboriginals were always under federal jurisdiction, something the AFN has treatied away in greed with the provinces for funds meant for Aboriginals, most of whom are not AFN and disenfranchised by the AFN. Aboriginal education is an example of AFN and provincial crowns competing over lucrative education contracts with the AFN, both going along for land and sea claims outside the federal government until education was addressed near the end of the mutual agreements. In addition, Metis in Ontario are now Status, but land claims seem to be unaddressed.
What the AFN and provincial crowns are avoiding is directly compensation to each and every Aboriginal in Canada. Most Aboriginals are disenfranchised by the AFN and subjected to provincial territories, not by the federal government, which is originally set up to deal with Aboriginals federally for compensation like health care, usually excused as top down federal tax money working its way down to Aboriginals, not the AFN, for resources like oil, although some provinces won't pay federal taxes, abrogating this agreement and theory.
Majority Aboriginals must be compensated federally with direct payments to each and every Aboriginal. This has always been the intention of Canada, until the AFN, the minority, guilty of disenfranchising 100,000s of Aboriginals, seized a 'middle man' bribe with provinces.
After Supreme Court rulling, a clash of claims between Métis, First Nations
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