Canadians want two things when it comes to the treatment of aboriginals. The first is respect for the principle that no one is above the law. The second is that land claims must be fairly resolved and a way found to address high rates of aboriginal crime, unemployment, poverty, addiction, disease, illiteracy and suicide. The first principle -- no one is above the law -- means aboriginals don't get to shut down rail lines, as one native leader in Manitoba has threatened to do this summer. It means they do not get to hold innocent communities hostage, as has been...