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  As I don't know enough about the Canadian issues to really comment, as an American I seriously doubt this kind of large scale reparations is possible. I don't see it as politically possible. Aside from issues related tax and sovereignty, I don't think there is anywhere near the kind of support in the American public for something like this.
  I should note I'm referring to Native Americans in the United States for context.
context: "The province has argued that it is the federal government, not Ontario, that owes any compensation money." >
  
  "Despite the immense revenues generated by industry, remote First Nations communities live in abysmal conditions, sometimes lacking access to clean drinking water." >
  
  That sort of thing should really be the first port of call as far as reparations go. You take some of the profit from that industry stuff and use it to, you know, make sure they have basic quality of life.
  But that's just a start and I'm looking at this from the south of the border, where we have many of the same sort of problems and the same general lack of solutions. People seem to think you can just say "we're sorry" and things are okay -- and then there are some other people who aren't even willing to apologize at all, for whom the concept of genuine reparation is an affront. 
  But really, that shit should be unacceptable anywhere within one's own nation, regardless of who lives there. The fact that this bullshit compounds with colonial misdeeds and continued bias against those communities makes it shameful. (Again, I know, it's rich coming from a guy from the US....)