Harper didn't help the understanding of what a country is by corrupting the usual meaning of the word 'nation' - now it means country to some of us and ethnic group to others. Politically, it was a good stalling tactic, but I dislike the disingenuiousness of this use of language as a way to avoid discussing the real issue. In my opinion, it would be far clearer to simply state that aboriginal people have traceable ownership of land within Canada due to inheritance, just as other people do, but they are otherwise the same as other Canadians. Of course  then we would need to add property rights to our Constitution - something that a guy named Trudeau shamefully avoided.