Land Rights and Treaty Rights
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Summary
In this episode, we discuss the role of the monarch in protecting our property rights and property rights. The monarchs have a duty to uphold God's laws and the contracts they've made with the Indians. And that duty is not only to uphold the contracts with the crown, but also to protect your property rights as a sovereign.
Transcript
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they have a duty to protect us in our property lands.
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And this act is what basically solidified the wording of the coronation
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to make sure everybody knew what it was going to be.
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whereas by the law and ancient usage of this realm,
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What they're reciting in this paragraph already exists.
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The kings and queens have taken a solemn oath upon the evangelists
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to maintain the statutes, laws, and customs of the said realm
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in their spiritual and civil rights and properties.
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That is where your property rights first originated,
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as a recognition by the monarch that you have them.
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which includes giving royal assent to legislation,
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they agree that they will protect you in your property rights.
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And that is an obligation, constitutionally speaking,
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upon the king or queen to us as their subjects,
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Their only obligation to the Indians are what's in the treaties.
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when the monarch takes that oath to uphold God's laws,
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how much more is the honour of the crown at stake