Correct, things like gun smuggling, cigarette and marijuana sales are thriving.
The biggest fail on the part of the government is the lack of clean drinking water, considering "the spending on Indigenous priorities has increased significantly since 2015 (181 per cent) with spending for 2023-24 estimated to be over $30.5 billion, rising further to a forecast of approximately $32 billion in 2024-25. Notably, Budget 2024 includes $2.3 billion over five years to renew existing programming."
While wearing an orange shirt once a year is a nice gesture to show your support, it's as useless as thoughts and prayers in effecting change. Made to feel bad for what happened in the past, doesn't provide clean drinking water and make communities better. It's up to the government to get things done. Now that the T&R day has come and gone, we won't hear anything more for another year. When hundreds of communities will still be without clean water, yet they've pissed away another $30 billion.