To be a hero or a traitor are the two distinct and opposite course in human history. Louis Riel was been a hero for the French Canadians and a traitor for the English Canadians as well. The person who defends the rights of the Metis and also the one who stops the government's plan. Usually a man could only be a hero if his actions and motivation is for the good and welfare of a group of people or for an individual without in the absence of personal interest and advantage even it endangers his life. While, a traitor, is the opposite, he is a man who jeopardizes the life, welfare and well being of an individual or group of individual for the seek of his own fulfillment and selfishness. A lot of people disagree on this issue that Riel is a traitor or a hero. Each with own different opinions and different backgrounds. Where the government wrong for that decision? Or not. In the case of Louis Riel, the question of whether he is a hero or a traitor is left hanging and debatable in every Canadians and still lingers up to the present. Whatever your viewpoints, Mr. Riel is really a hero to the Metis, as he sacrifices his life for the seek of justice and recognition of the rights of the min
For me, Riel is a hero. What happened that time was a harsh judgement and oppressive rule. The government expands westward and found a Metis settlement, they didn't even care about it. They continued to survey the land without authority to them. The government just set them aside and do their work. It was a complete immorality for the government, not recognizing the Metis as if they weren't there. Well the government probably asks authority to the Hudson Bay Company who was recognized to owned the land but they didn't know that before them was the first nations to own it.
In conclusion, Riel is truly a hero of his people and I will challenge anyone to a debate who opposes it. My statements were clear for all of them, to realize how he do his job as a Protector of Metis community.
The government should have listened to the voices of the Metis, even though the expansion to the westward will be waited. They don't have the right to do it! They should asks the Metis opinion and approval for this situation. This won't last long if they just agreed to talk with them and approve their rights. Riel wrote a letter or I mean a some kind of an agreement between the government to recognize their presence of their fast movement of expanding
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