Provable failure to live up to the "settler" side of legal agreements plus the maltreatment of indigenous families are issues that need to be resolved. These are not only historical wrongs. For some background on how First Nations families receive a poorer level of health care - and won when the issue was taken to court - see Alanis Obomsawin's 2016 film "We can't Make the Same Mistake Twice". (https://www.nfb.ca/film/we_can_t_make_the_same_mistake_twice/)
In the 90s less was widely known about the validity of the First Nations' complaints. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was an attempt to move forward but it seems to have stalled at the recommendation implementation stage.
A major factor in Canada is that we pride ourselves on our rule of law, and the First Nations are proving repeatedly in the highest courts that they have legal contracts that have been ignored. They are insisting on the right to have all parties come to the table and negotiate equitable solutions. A perfect example is the agreement that made Manitoba: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/after-three-decade-legal-fight-supreme-court-sides-with-metis-in-historic-manitoba-land-dispute.
Provable failure to live up to the "settler" side of legal agreements plus the maltreatment of indigenous families are issues that need to be resolved. These are not only historical wrongs. For some background on how First Nations families receive a poorer level of health care - and won when the issue was taken to court - see Alanis Obomsawin's 2016 film "We can't Make the Same Mistake Twice". (https://www.nfb.ca/film/we_can_t_make_the_same_mistake_twice/)
In the 90s less was widely known about the validity of the First Nations' complaints. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was an attempt to move forward but it seems to have stalled at the recommendation implementation stage.
That I 100% agree on.
Our governments, past and present, refuse to acknowledge or respect any social contracts, with anyone.
Liars and Cheats rule this country.