Indigenous people have been mistreated by this nation, not only the white people within it, but all Canadians ...for more than for over 200 years now. During that time conservative and liberal parties have ruled the nation, and have been given ample time to fix these issues. We have not gone very far in the last 150 or so years, The liberals have been in power for the last 6 years and still have not provided basic drinking water as you pointed out...nor has he solved many of the other issues that plague indigenous people. Does that make us all Racist or just the white people, convenient excuse...Since this nation has every ethic and race from around the globe living within it we all can't be racist can we ? ...and still no ILM movement that has brought this nation to it's senses. So while you say things are going to change finally they have not even been given the momentum it deserves by anyone really.
Not to throw gas on the fire, but it is the Liberal government that still has dozens of cases in front of the courts, many of these cases are about reconciliation or would go a long way to solve some of them... the last one having to deal with indigenous children, to which our racist/ liberal eastcanada agrees they should not get a red cent...not counting all of the hundreds land claims...
But then again this is why we can not discuss anything. we are to busy calling each other names and pointing fingers, and the indigenous people got that weird look on their faces and saying WTF...i bet 100 years from now they are still having the same issues...