How Did The Expansion Of Canada Disempowered

The expansion of Canada affected many different people in different ways. The groups of people that this is about are the Metis, First Nations, and the settlers. Out of those three the Metis and the settlers were empowered while the First Nations were not. the Metis were empowered because they got a lot from the Canadian government. For example the Canadian government gave the Metis 560 000 hectares of land. Also the Metis got the government to sign treaties with all First Nations. Another reason that the Metis were empowered they got to use both French and English in schools and government. Another reason is that the Metis got four Members of Parliament and two members to the Senate. The First Nations were disempowered because their