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Is their grievance and land claim settled and resolved now? Or do they still claim land that is part of the City of Toronto or the Toronto Islands?--69.196.188.171 (talk) 23:37, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2010 settlement cynicism

Simple calculation shows that one acre of the native land was paid 145000000/250808=578.13 CAD!

It reminds me to the American bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam war. That time American ambassador to Cambodia summoned the representatives of the families whose members were killed by the bombing in order to pay 100$ per each person killed.

Is it possible to rewrite this article from the Mississauga First Nation point of view or, at least, include in the article their opinion about this land dispossesion? --A. Perun (talk) 03:00, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The compensation was “arbitrarily capped” at 150000000 by the government and if they didn’t agree with the amount they’d have to take the government to court (and who knows what would happen if they did). Yes, this article is very biased; Sault (2021) is cited so there’s really no excuse. — al12si (talk) 04:25, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

1805 indenture

Question. This sentence "For this revision, the Mississaugas were given the amount of ten shillings." means overall payment for all land taken away from the Mississaugas?--A. Perun (talk) 03:29, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

According to a booklet published by the City of Toronto, ten shillings was the total price “paid” for all the land taken away. The booklet also makes it clear that 10 shillings in 1805 is about $60 in today’s money. — al12si (talk) 06:55, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]