[kwoldtimer]

I remember posting a few months ago in another thread that I thought we were at the early stages of a new era wrt aboriginal issues in this country. And that as part of the learning curve there would be cases of "overreach" that would give rise to push back and, one hopes, a new accommodation with broad support. The debate (if there is a debate) re John A's place in Canada's history could be our first real example of this. I suppose it's inevitable that this would play out at the level of symbolic issues, as dealing with the substantive issues is beyond the capacity of civil society or the timeframe of activists.