ITC Calls For Changes To Canadian Constitution To Establish & Recognize Inuit Rights In The NWT, Northern Quebec, and Labrador

Ahead of the Quebec independence referendum of 1980, in a brief presented to the Task Force on Canadian Unity, ITC called on the federal government to make changes to the Canadian constitution

... to establish and recognize the rights of all Inuit in the Northwest Territories, Northern Quebec and Labrador

On the question of national unity, ITC noted that while Inuit had a great deal of sympathy with the desire of the citizens of Quebec to maintain and preserve their cultural identity, Inuit considered it to be the best interests of all concerned that those legitimate goals be pursued within a united Canada.

The brief further stated that that

[I]n the unhappy event that a majority of Quebec people vote for independence, Inuit of Northern Quebec should have the right to decide for themselves whether they will continue to be Canadians, and whether their traditional lands will remain part of Canada.