This isn't really about blame, or individuals (although I do wish we pursued criminal priests and nuns half as thoroughly as we do aging nazis). It certainly isn't (or shouldn't be) about descendants inheriting some kind of blood-guilt. This is about the necessity of reconciliation, and justice.

The Canadian Crown made solemn promises in the form of treaties. Either Canada stands by a promise, or it doesn't. We are all bound. If you don't feel you should be held to a Canadian promise, you might reconsider your conception of being Canadian.