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Looking for a place for a sit down lunch with friends. Suggestions?

Odd to me that on Ideas today it is being stated that no one knew there was a separate hospital system for First Nations. I knew. Medical care has always been a Provincial area of responsibility. Medical care for what were then known as Indians was a Federal responsibility by law. That they were underfunded and racist comes as no surprise. Remember treaty First Nations did not vote until 1960. And that was at least partly by choice as there was resistance for sovereignty reasons. To wit -

“Bill Erasmus, national chief of the Dene Nation in the Northwest Territories, told CBC News on Wednesday that he is cautious about applauding the anniversary.
Erasmus said Diefenbaker went ahead with something that fundamentally affected the nation-to-nation basis of treaties with the Crown, and he did it without any meaningful consultation with First Nations people.
"That's what the whole exercise was about. It was to make us Canadians, and we never had a discussion about that," Erasmus said.
"So yes, I think people want to participate in Canadian society, but they need to participate on conditions that they entered into with the Crown. So that's why my feelings are mixed on the question."