" While the majority of Canadians — including the newly arrived — enjoy one of the highest standards of living in the world, First Nations are, as usual, on the bottom rung of the ladder when it comes to housing, health care, education, employment, and the most basic of all basic needs — clean water. "

That is because they live on reservations in remote areas where the majority of Canadians ( and refugees) would never want to live because they want "housing, health care, education, employment, and the most basic of all basic needs — clean water."

Reminds me of the ellipsis "If the mountain won't come to Muhammad then Muhammad must go to the mountain." However it seems that if you are FN you expect the mountain to come to you. Good luck with that.