[andyt]

We're really going to have two kinds of Canadians forever? That's what I object to. We need to get to a point where all Canadians have the same rights and responsibilities, IMO.

[Macguyver]

Sounds good to me, but unfortunately what we’ve been forgetting for all these years is that there are two parties involved in this process, and our opinions count only as much as their opinions do.

So until we start treating the Aboriginal people as equals in this equation, we’re really not honouring our promises.

There are people living in this country because they have signed treaties allowing them to legally be here and there are people who have signed treaties allowing us to be here...and apparently they want more than just lip service.

Argue with semantics (they are Chinese or the statute of limitations is up or blah blah blah) the legal fact is that they are here, we are here, and we both have big problems if the issue is not addressed to the mutual dis-satisfaction of everybody (except the lawyers). Now we could cut them lawyers out of the equation, but we’re not smart enough for that.