There are many different threats to the space that Inuit have carved out with Canada as a nation-state, and we've worked over the past 50 to 60 years to create, to negotiate, agreements with Canada through modern treaties. All of those processes took generations of work and were exhaustive, but we have now settled treaties among all Inuit Nunangat regions. The idea that there are new Inuit collectives that only became Inuit collectives in 2012, and that previously there were Métis collectives that were only Métis collectives starting in 1984, threatens the security and foundation of our relationship with Canada and our relationship with provinces and territories.
Just like when businesses talk about the security they need to do business and the risk aversion they have toward going into unsettled spaces, we need security to ensure that in the deals we make with this country and in the space we have for supporting health care, education, language and economic development, there aren't always going to be new players that didn't go through the same process we did and don't have the same support.
The Assembly of First Nations, the Métis National Council and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatimi have all said that they do not recognize the NCC as an Inuit collective, and the MNC has never recognized the former Métis group in Labrador as Métis. The Government of Canada is going in contrast to the express decisions of constitutionally recognized indigenous peoples—all section 35 rights-holding peoples—and it is a really frustrating thing to have to expend our time and energy on trying to fight these newly indigenous peoples in the very same space that we've carved out over 60 years.