I appreciate the clarification.
How the funding framework is designed is for all parties to come together on, and it is open. The top of the provision says, “among other things” and can include the following, but that's to leave space. The intention, from a policy perspective, is to leave space for a multitude of voices among first nations rights holders, in terms of what funding needs are present on their lands for water services.
The secondary piece is more about whether specific first nations come together, or whether individual first nations enter into a funding arrangement to exercise rights. That's under section 23 already, but it gives a bit more flexibility for individual nations to take different approaches beyond the funding framework.