I've lived in a community that was 60 per cent Metis or Native, and people there celebrated Canada Day enthusiastically. There were community fish fries, fireworks, bands, horseshoes at the legion, and copious amounts of beer. 

The author might want to step out of the confines of the chattering classes and look at how average Canadians - including average Indigenous Canadians - live. They aren't consumed with hand-wringing dread, guilt, and resentment.

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