Ayant grandi à l'extérieur de Winnipeg et ayant établi des contacts dans les milieux autochtones au cours de ma carrière, je comprends aussi bien que n'importe qui la plupart des frustrations et des aspirations de la communauté autochtone du Canada.
Growing up, as I did, outside of Winnipeg and having made the contacts I have made in my career in the aboriginal community, I believe I can say that I understand, perhaps as well as anyone, most of the frustrations and aspirations of Canada's aboriginal community.