An American point of view on the speech:

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2017/09/21/us/21reuters-un-assembly-canada.html?mcubz=0

Sept 21, 2017



"Two years in, many say he is not doing enough to help indigenous Canadians, who make up about 4 percent of the population and face higher levels of poverty and violence and shorter life expectancies.

Canada's national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women has been hit by resignations and complaints it is progressing too slowly.

Pamela Palmater, a Mi'kmaq lawyer and professor, said she would rather see action than a speech.

"Some of his words were exceptionally powerful (and) would give a lot of hope to a lot of people in Canada, but he falls down every time when it comes to substantive action," Palmater said.""