Crisis with Canadian Indigenous Populations

A UN expert states that Canada has major social issues with their aboriginal population. James Anaya, a UN rapporteur on indigenous rights, recently visited Canada and said that the country has not narrowed its disparities between aboriginal citizens and other Canadians, often fueled by disputes over land and resources furthering tension and distrust. This has become even more evident recently with protests regarding gas companies becoming violent. Anaya has said "There's a crisis in Canada with regard to indigenous issues, notwithstanding some important developments within Canada over the last decades”. Anya said that the conditions that the indigenous people often live in are more comparable to poor and lesser developed countries.