I applaud The Globe for publishing this article.
In the midst of all the fireworks, toasting, flag-waving, backslapping, grandstanding, singing, dancing, drinking, celebrating there is a reality that a lot of Canadians still do not want to deal with -- we are all firing up our barbecues on land that was taken from other peoples.
Mr. Saganash has a perfect right -- even a duty -- to remind us of that indisputable fact.
Whatever the solution to this profoundly difficult issue confronting us in 2017, the first step begins with accepting that this land was stolen from its original inhabitants. The monarchs of  France and Britain had no legal claim to it.
Like a marriage in trouble, no fixes can be found until all the ugly truths are put on the table. Rebuilding can then begin.