I think there are some philosophical barriers around aboriginal rights entitlement and fiduciary duty. What we have is what we refer to as a “coalition of the willing”, those who are looking for independent solutions to take care of themselves.
I think that's one of the fundamental issues, the belief, particularly in more historical areas where they've had treaties, that there is a fiduciary duty that's not being upheld. There's not a recognition of aboriginal rights, and there hasn't been a full settlement of land claims. Therefore, they feel that they may be eliminating the fiduciary duty of the federal government. That is an argument we heard when we were developing the legislation, but that's changing. When we developed this legislation, we were told there would be 25 first nations in Canada who would deal with it. We're now at 321, including some really successful communities in Quebec.
We're overcoming it, but that still remains the problem for some.