I'll be brief, given the chair's bell.
Who determines Canadian national interest in the north? Well, as the sovereignty declaration says, it's a partnership. By law, Canada has to listen, and by law, Inuit have to talk with the government. There's never been a hesitancy to do that, so that's who determines Canada's national interest.
There are also international mechanisms that this committee should be aware of, whether Canada has signed onto them or not, such as the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. But there are other international human rights mechanisms that you're required to address politically and legally. So there's an international way. We're not living in a microscopic world anymore; we're living internationally, and the Inuit are an example of that, living across four nations.
Certainly, national interest in the Arctic is fundamentally based in the land claims agreements. But it goes beyond international agreements. There is also good old-fashioned talking to each other.