What's the Problem with Treaties: The Top 5 Problems from the Federal Government Perspective

The Top 5 Problems slowing down treaty negotiations, from the Federal Government Perspective:

1. Land and cash negotiations: The amount of the land and capital transfer must be in proportion to other settlements; and, the process of selecting lands to be transferred must protect the interests of other First Nations. 
2. Relative size of BC First Nations: for small First Nations the work of treaty negotiations can be a very large amount of work (e.g. Tsawwassen First Nation has 400 Citizens).
3. Financial self-sufficiency: taxation agreements and own-source revenue contributions to self-government are contentious for some First Nations.
4. Certainty model: may be viewed as 'extinguishement' by another name by First Nations and viewed as taking on too much risk by BC.
5. Elections: new governments take time to get up to speed or may not agree with past directions taken.

Source: Testimony to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development by Mr. Patrick Borbey (Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Treaties and Aboriginal Government, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development).