Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, sir.
I believe so. We've worked with different governments over the years, in my tenure anyway. I've been working at this level for five years now, and we at Nunavut Tunngavik made history because we met with the Prime Minister last August in Iqaluit when he visited the Arctic. That was the first time, for me anyway, to be able to sit down with the Prime Minister of the country to talk to him directly in a small room with a small group of people. For me that was one of the most historic events this organization has ever encountered.
I can agree that this government is taking steps to acknowledge the Inuit better today and trying to understand our cause. The land claims agreement in Nunavut must get attention, and he understood at that time that the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement must also be implemented. Because time and time again we educate bureaucrats, politicians like yourselves, that there's a Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and things have to happen, things can't be idle. Because they were idle, we have a challenge before us, and that's how serious the situation is right now.
But to answer you, the efforts being made by the current government have been very good for us in Nunavut in terms of Nunavut Tunngavik. We want to make more of those good things and take those new steps, and I hope we get closer to this government to make sure they work with us to implement the claim the best way possible.