Ahistorical

Apropos and Dunbar claim:

In the post-Confederation years, the House of Assembly addressed many critical issues around Labrador, Aboriginal people and land claims.

Labrador? Sure, I guess.

Aboriginal people? Maybe.

Land claims?

The provincial legislature moved to Confederation Building in 1959. The land claims issue did not arise politically until the early 1970s. You'd think historic resource consultants might pay attention to the chronology.

The report also claims, very sloppily and inaccurately:

Landmark decisions made by the government of Newfoundland include:

• decision on Labrador boundaries
• decisions on Aboriginal people

Labrador was placed under Newfoundland jurisdiction by the 1763 commission to Governor Graves, confirmed by the 1763 Royal Proclamation, returned to the jurisdiction of the old Province of Quebec by a statute of the British Parliament in 1774, then back to Newfoundland by another British statute in 1809, with the final legislative change in the boundary made by yet another British statute in 1825 — 25 years before the Colonial Building opened; seven years before Newfoundland even had its first legislature.

Other than the several attempts to erase the boundary altogether by selling Labrador to Canada, what "landmark decisions" on the Labrador boundary were ever made in the Colonial Building?

And other than banning them from removal from Labrador, and sale of alcohol to them, what "landmark decisions" were ever made in Colonial Building concerning Aboriginal peoples?

Shanawdithit died in 1829.