cbc.ca I have argued that a new relationship between Aboriginal peoples and others in Canada is urgently needed, that it will bring benefit to both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal partners, that it is consistent with Canadian law and social values. There is another compelling reason to join our efforts to achieve good relations. The world needs a model of peace and friendship between peoples that Canada is uniquely positioned to provide. The greatest challenge to the world community in this century is how to promote harmonious relations between peoples of disparate origins, histories, languages and religions who find themselves intermingled in a single state. The USSR has fractured into constituent nations. The former Yugoslavia has fallen into bitter strife along nationalist and religious lines. The troubles in Northern Ireland continue to flare up in spite of international efforts to broker peace.