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Originally Posted by polak
Were neighbors in need. 275 million is easily fair market value for that land without giving, for free, double the land back.
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Nope. We are neighbours that have a want. Having the SW Ring Road is not a necessity.
Add to that the fact that throughout the course of the history of this country, the deals worked out with the First Nations have been lopsided, or made under duress. Personally I think we got a pretty good deal. We traded land we hadn't used since Alberta was part of the NWT, and gave them some cash. The TTN also knew they could have asked for twice as much money and we would have caved; instead they focused on getting rid of ambiguous wording that IMHO didn't belong in a $275 contract, nevermind $275 million.
So even if you think we got short changed, our history with them didn't require any consideration on their part. However they did.