When Canadians are asked about five specific ideas and goals related to the relationship with First Nations, our focus turns towards the present. More than four in five Canadians say it is important to end long-term drinking water advisories in First Nations communities (89%) and to take steps to end bias against Indigenous Canadians in the justice system (86%). Taking steps to ensure that all Canadians have access to clean water and that no group is disproportionately targeted and punished by the justice system are goals that Canadians of all political stripes are willing to get behind. It would be unwise for leaders and parliamentarians to become summarily contrarian.