The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, Dr. Matthew Coon Come, Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee), and the Honourable Eva Aariak, Premier of Nunavut, on July 7, 2010 signed the Eeyou Marine Region Land Claims Agreement (EMRLCA).
The Government of Canada will provide to the Crees a capital transfer of $50 million, to be paid over a period of nine years, and implementation funding of $5 million, upon the coming into force of the Agreement.