Did I buy a condo on stolen land? How purchasing my first home made me question property rights
When it comes to Quebec, the French arrived in sailboats in the 16th century, claimed the land as theirs in part by planting a cross, and then set up a colony. The French colonial powers then divided it up into parcels of land that settlers could trade back and forth at the same time the Indigenous claim to the land was not acknowledged by the French settlers. The idea that the plot of land where my condo now sits could be linked to colonization seemed inconceivable to me, because that era was buried so deep in the history books. However, where else could the property I bought have originat...
Source: cbc.ca