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Originally Posted by GGG
Treaties were made with independent nations in exchange for land so unless we want to buy out the treaties in some fashion you will still have obligations to First Nations people that you don’t to other citizens so it certainly is difficult.
It certainly needs modernization, the path forward also needs to be driven by Ottawa listening to the needs of individual bands as opposed to the time tested colonial / parental approach that has been used historically.
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When you treat people differently those people will have different outcomes. Three different treatment is a better explanation than "systemic racism" for difference in outcomes that we observe.
The treaties may be binding, and current policy may have good intentions. But ultimately the current model of segregation (treaty imposed or not) is leading to some very negative unintended consequences. Figuring out how to end FN segregation should be the first priority.