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IOW, you want to put an end all major projects in this country. No more resource development. No more roads. No more railways. No more powerlines. Because that is the inevitable consequence if you give small groups the power to block large projects.

I suppose that is true enough across the country.

Obviously you didn't read it. You keep propagating the false equivalence that Aboriginals are just another landowner.

Aboriginal title is obviously not exactly the same as fee simple title but my point was not that they are exactly the same but that both are forms are ownership subject to the laws and constitution of Canada. i.e. Canada is the sovereign state and aboriginals have rights within that state. Furthermore, I made the point that aboriginals cannot block projects in the public interest - a point which your quote supports.

Lastly, when the government needs access to private lands it also must meet certain conditions which are not unlike the conditions on aboriginal title. i.e. the government can't just take your land - it must show a public benefit and offer you a fair price. As a general rule governments find it easier to "obtain consent" from the land owner instead of simply invoking its power of expropriation. IOW, aboriginal title is a lot closer to fee simple title in that respect too.

But none of these process requirements change the fact that the government of Canada has to have to power to decide when and where projects in the public interest are built and people who think that aboriginals are entitled to a veto don't know what the law is nor do they understand that such powers would only make public infrastructure projects impossible in the future.