[CliffFletcher]

My own opinions on the subject were formed working for the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, working as a journalist in largely indigenous communities, and working with my father - a consultant and longtime executive with several Western and Northern Canadian Metis associations.

There’s a lot of tremendous work being done in developing Canada’s First Nations. But these are carried out against powerful structural and cultural headwinds that are not easily overcome, even by the most well-intentioned outsiders.