MPATAS

Male Respondents

Female Respondents

S1

S2

S1

S2

Aboriginal people should stop complaining about the way they are treated, and simply get on with their lives.

24.4%

33.9%

29.4%

26.8%

Canada needs to stop apologizing for events that happened to Aboriginal people many years ago.

35.9%

52.2%

38.5%

36.6%

Non-Aboriginal people need to become more sensitive to the needs of Aboriginal people.

25.6%^*

30.4%^*

23.6%^*

32.2%^*

Aboriginal people seem to use their cultural traditions to secure special rights denied to non-Aboriginal Canadians.

47.4%

45.7%

57%

40.2%

Aboriginal people should pay taxes like everyone else.

57.5%

54.4%

54.5%

63.4%

The government should support programmes designed to place Aboriginal people in positions of power.

33.8%^*

19.5%^*

23%^*

15.2%^*

It is now unnecessary to honour treaties established with Aboriginal people.

14.1%

17.1%

13%

12.6%

Special places in academic programmes should not be set aside for Aboriginal students.

39.8%

39.1%

51.9%

32.2%

Aboriginal people still need to protest for equal rights.

38.4%^*

19.5%^*

31.2%^*

29.5%^*

Aboriginal people should simply get over past generations’ experiences at residential schools.

33.3%

28.3%

19.8%

16.1%

Many of the requests made by Aboriginal people to the Canadian government are excessive.

42.3%

39.1%

41.2%

29.5%

Aboriginal people should be satisfied with what the government has given them.

37.1%

26.1%

48.6%

29.5%

Aboriginal people should not have reserved placements in universities unless they are qualified.

65.4%

60.9%

71.6%

61.6%

Government agencies should make every effort to meet the needs of Aboriginal people.

29.9%^*

17.4%^*

29.9%^*

15.2%^*