Background Content: Royal Proclamation and Covenant of Reconciliation (45-47)
Exploring Theme: "What is the Doctrine of Discovery?"
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July 29, 2022
Doctrine of Discovery is a ‘legal fiction,’ but revoking it won’t herald immediate changes, experts say
APTN: The principle is entrenched in Canadian and U.S. law and may be a challenge to dismantle. Pope Francis and his entourage of Vatican officials on their week-long Canadian pilgrimage have faced mounting pressure to renounce, repudiate and revoke something scholars increasingly describe as a legal fiction rooted in imperial ideology: the Doctrine of Discovery....
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