加拿大历史初步介绍之Metis遭遇.docxVIP

Thich Nhat Hanh once said “ If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can simile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.” Peace means that there are few conflicts even no conflicts, In order to achieve the peace, we should avoid these conflicts or solve them directly. The way how we avoid the conflicts is that we need to accept a different way to finish tasks and respect these methods. Different cultures may become the cause of the conflicts if we do not treat these cultures properly. In the Canadian history, because of the different ways that the Metis lived, the conflicts were still serious at that time. Because of the solemn conflicts, the Canadian government displayed much intolerance when they dealt with the Metis though tolerance with the Metis were still existed. At last, the government’s solutions show that there were more intolerance than tolerance. Although the conflicts were quite serious, tolerance was still shown by the political decisions, the extent of government’s management and the extent of accepting the Metis opinions. The first instance which tolerance was displayed was demonstrated by the political decisions made by the Canadian government to the Metis. After the Seven Oaks, Cuthbert Grant who was the first leader of the Metis and led them to surround the Scottish settlements was acquitted of murder charges. The Canadian government still took the political action to appoint Cuthbert Grant “ Warden of the Plains” even though he killed twenty Scottish settlers and that was a solemn issue. Also, the political decision of offering the provisional government to the Metis was taken by the Canadian government. Therefore, the political decisions showed tolerance since the Canadian government respected the demand of the Metis and provided them with things that they expected. This is not the only example that the tolerance for the Metis was shown, as it can also be argued that the extent of