translate English to French: Separated from mainstream economies and unable to develop their own, the result was and is a significant economic gap between Aboriginal people and the Canadian population generally.
Comme on a tenu les Autochtones ` ´ ´ ´ a l’ecart des economies dominantes et qu’ils n’etaient pas en mesure ´ ´ ´ ´ de developper la leur, un immense fosse economique s’est creuse entre eux et le reste de la population canadienne.