As to commitments that have not been fulfilled, I think Canada's history is full of examples. Ever since Canada became a nation, the government has signed treaties, signed agreements, and made commitments to the aboriginal people. There's a long history of broken promises and commitments not kept. Unfortunately, this is a continuation of that. We hope eventually that it will end.
As for the relocation, the Government of Canada recognized a long time ago that one of the main reasons for it was to assert Canadian sovereignty in that part of the country. We were chosen because we were 2,000 kilometres away, and we couldn't just pick up our belongings, get on the dog team, and go home. We couldn't do that. The two communities of Resolute Bay and Grise Fiord occupy a strategic position along the Northwest Passage, and I think that's why we were put in these locations.
The Government of Canada made attempts to relocate some Inuit from the communities of Pond Inlet and Arctic Bay, close by to the Northwest Passage. If they didn't like what was happening, they could just get on the komatik and go home. We couldn't do that because it was 2,000 kilometres to home. The Government of Canada has now admitted that sovereignty was an important part of the relocation project.