Again, I'm sorry about that.
Number one, I'm uncertain about the strategy Canada has to address this issue. Currently when it comes to our land claim and our implementation of our land claim, it depends on the territory and on the value of those lands and who is involved. When it comes to other aboriginal groups or indigenous groups, my issue is that Canada hasn't been clear as to how they plan to deal with that.
I can only say for number one that our agreement was signed in 1997. We initiated those discussions in the 1970s. Prior to that—this is just a little fun fact for the group here—Brokenhead Ojibway Nation had their first additions to reserve—we signed the treaty in 1871—in 1874. It was a lot less complicated back then, but we still had it happen. There was no consultation of any group other than our own.
That being said, I think it's a challenging question for me to be asked directly, given the fact that the responsibility should be Canada's and Canada, quite frankly, should be asked whether it sees that as a fair process, seeing as we already had our agreements in place, and now these issues that are being brought forward today are not issues that we had brought forward; they're issues that Canada has created.
For us, the former Kapyong barracks is a very important piece of property, on which there was consultation with the other groups that took almost two years of our time. Again, it's very challenging. A lot of things happen in two years, especially development that has taken away from our time now.