"I think "vocal minority" is the correct term for the agitators. I served with two indigenous MPs, Len Marchand and Tom Suluk (who was my Parliamentary "buddy"). They each were hard working. Tom described frequently traveling by snowmobile across the Arctic ice in he dark visiting his constituents. As MPs, they were Canadian through and through.

And, who can forget Elijah Harper denying consent the Meech Lake Accord in Winnipeg? He worked inside the current political system to make his point.