""What remains unspeakable in mainstream politics in Canada was
recently uttered, in a moment of rare candour, by former Prime Minister Paul
Martin: "We have never admitted to ourselves that we were, and still are, a
colonial power." The evidence – and source of the current anger and unrest – is
hard to dispute. While Canada has the world's largest supply of fresh water,
more than 100 aboriginal communities have tapwater so foul they are under
continual boil alert (pdf). Aboriginal peoples constitute 3% of Canada's
population; they make up 20% of its prisons' inmates."" (thanks Amir)