A police vehicle is seen in Rexton, N.B. on October 17, 2013, during a demonstration against shale gas exploration in eastern New Brunswick. Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

A police vehicle is seen in Rexton, N.B. on October 17, 2013, during a demonstration against shale gas exploration in eastern New Brunswick. Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

In as much as I am capable of understanding the horrendous abuse that our First Nations suffered as this vast country was inhabited by my ancestors, I can't help but feel a sense of frustration that all of the hard work, money, and sensitivity that our nation has invested in atoning for past sins has done little to alleviate the problems First Nations peoples face today. Of course, being a good Canadian, I try to accept that we will likely continue to anti up, until all the money is gone or the problems are solved, even though secretly I suspect that no amount of money or sensitivity is going to make any of this mess go away. Rex Murphy's column on last week's protest in New Brunswick is an interesting read. It got me to wondering: when is enough enough?

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