That Canadian aboriginals have been seriously mistreated no one doubts.  That therefore no one except an aboriginal can write about them is as complete a non-sequitur as could be imagined.  The writings of Ms Balkissoon and others like her are part of a wider flight from reason which includes post-modernist academics, Californian anti-vacciners, people who think the pyramids were built by extra-terrestrials and not least, supporters of Donald Trump.