That is a very good question. I have been pondering that for the past 40 years. Believe it or not, I have been at this 40 years; that is how long I have been championing these issues.
One of the biggest problems is that we all want the same things, land and resources. I want to protect my land and my resources, but others want to appropriate them. That's the problem we come up against in this country. It is not for nothing that we keep running into the same problems in Canada, whether we are talking about Caledonia, Kanesatake, the Wet'suwet'en community, the Mi’kmaq community, the Anishinabe community in the La Vérendrye wildlife reserve, in Quebec, the Atikamekw community or the Innu community. By the way, the Atikamekw and the Innu have been “negotiating” for nearly 40 years. Both communities have been negotiating with the two levels of government—provincial and federal—since 1982. To date, nothing has been settled. All that time, development has continued on their land. I call that bad faith.
The challenges we face are tremendous, and others will emerge as situations turn critical all over the country. Martin Luther King said,
“There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over.”
In other words, our patience, too, has its limits. Those in the new generation are more aware of their fundamental rights in this country. They are more educated, and I worry they will not be as patient as we are. They certainly aren't as patient as I am, after 40 years.