“...and they can now profit off the land that they own... They are now open for business.”
As long as they BEHAVE in a way acceptable to the Canadian government in Ottawa. Otherwise, they’ll get the “Canadian Trucker Treatment”.
The Canadian government has done such a great job of showing everybody that indigenous people can ‘do no wrong’, that even if they do do something wrong... Like sell all their newly gotten land to an oil company or some foreign government, it will be difficult for the government to say that they’re doing anything wrong.
After all... They are the stewards of this land. They know best and if the best they can do is make all of their people filthy wealthy rich... Well... Then that ‘is’ the best.
BTW - There are about 27,000 Inuit people in Nunavut... So... If you pay each one a million... That’s 27 billion dollars...
So... How much is a piece of land the size of California and Alaska worth? 27 billion?... $135 billion offers each person a tidy sum of $5 million each.
Bill Gates has 120 billion... He could own the whole thing if they give him discount.