These buy-outs had been obtained by the governments Manitoba Hydro for relatively small amounts of money, given the damage done to the Manitoba Crees' way of life, their lands—and given the billions of dollars of revenues and benefits that have been generated for the province and Canada by the Churchill-Nelson River Hydro-electric megaproject.
Les gouvernements et Manitoba Hydro ont racheté ces droits à moindres frais, compte tenu du changement de mode de vie imposé aux Cris du Manitoba et des milliards de dollars de revenus et d'avantages que la province et le Canada ont retirés du mégaprojet hydroélectrique Churchill-Nelson River.