Tommy Douglas gets a shoutout in piece about coercive sterilization
(www.theblaze.com)
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John A Macdonald died in 1891 https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Alexander-Macdonald
First Nations People got the vote in 1960 https://electionsanddemocracy.ca/voting-rights-through-time-0/first-nations-and-right-vote-case-study
From OP's article's links: "When Douglas received two reports that recommended legalizing sexual sterilization in the province, he rejected the idea." https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tommy-douglas-and-eugenics
Interesting that he could change his mind when presented with new information.
In the spring of 1885, Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald introduced the Electoral Franchise Act, enabling land-holding / enfranchised men, including Indian men, to vote. The act was in force from 1885, when it was passed by John A. Macdonald's Conservative majority; to 1898, when Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals repealed it.
Four years earlier, in 1881, Parliament had enacted the Naturalization and Aliens Act, 1881, which, among other provisions, explicitly provided that Indigenous people did not count as full British subjects unless they were able to vote.
That glosses over enfranchisement. Indians weren't actually "given" the vote until 1960. https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1540403281222/1568898803889
You're playing word games. There was no such thing as an "enfranchised Indian" because they had to give up their status to become enfranchised.
They had to be Canadian citizens to vote in Canadian elections?
WOW, blowing my mind here, tuchodi.
You're ignoring the fact that they had to be enfranchised to vote.
Instead of dodging you should tell the folks what that means.