Shared Territories/Overlap Resolution - Union of British Columbia ...

EXISTING MECHANISMS & PROCESSES• Currently there exists no established method ofdealing with the shared territory/overlap issueand Canadian Courts are generally ill equipped toaddress the issue and are often an expensiveroute• The diversity of First Nations requires a diversityof approaches to resolve the sharedterritory/overlap issue. There is no “one size fitsall” process to be employed• Several approaches have been proposed oremployed in Canada and elsewhere