I'm fine renaming stuff if it helps improve the relationship between Canada and indigenous peoples. It's a small price to pay and would have zero effect on my life.
On the treaty and reservation system, I just think it's been woefully inadequate and unfair for aboriginal people. The newer treaties in BC seem to be better at facilitating growth and development compared to the older ones agreed on before the modern age. The whole idea in the first place was to isolate them from colonialists and remove them from the more valuable land. These aspects have created massive economic and infrastructure disadvantages that are hard to work around.
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