What you say is true, James. You make the point that we're all of colour. I heard Castro say the same thing in one of his first speeches in Cuba. It doesn't change the fact that we've treated our Indians badly. We're struggling to this day to live up to our treaties. Many still live in wretched conditions.

Violence in New Brunswick visits less on the Canadian ethos than governance which has lost respect for our country overseas to the point of being loathed where we always had friends. Africa now votes en masse against us in the UN. Government picks for the Senate embarrasses us more than Rexton.