Canada has lost its halo: we must confront our Indigenous genocide | Tara Sutton

Hundreds of unmarked graves, and testimonies of countless horrors, belie our angelic self-image

It's not often that Canadians have to apologise for their country. I've travelled the world reporting on conflict and human rights and am always greeted positively when I say I'm Canadian. It is a beautiful country," I am told. Your country cares for its citizens." In Canada, people make sympathetic noises when I retell whatever tragic story I have been working on. We are so lucky to live in Canada," they say.

Canadians like the idea of a good" country full of good" people. There's even a name for it: the angel complex". Look at all the immigrants and refugees we welcome here, goes the doctrine - we're not like those American racists, or those European xenophobes. Canada see itself as proudly multicultural, tolerant, peace-loving and polite. A beacon of light to the world.