I'm a white person, born and raised in Canada, from immigrant parents who moved here from Croatia in the 70's. Why do I have to apologize to anybody? What did I do to anyone? Why should I pay for something that happened hundreds of years ago? How many people in Canada can trace their roots that far back in this country? Very few. We are a country of immigrants. So the problem is you are asking an entire country of people to pay for the mistakes of a few who have no connection to them what-so-ever. That will never go over with the majority of people in Canada.