Le gouvernement — lorsqu'on lit bien le Traité des eaux limitrophes, lorsque qu'on connaît bien la Commission mixte internationale — sait que le Canada peut demander unilatéralement à la Commission mixte internationale de se pencher sur la question.
The government—reading the Boundary Waters Treaty properly and being familiar with the IJC—knows that Canada can make a unilateral request for the IJC to look into the issue. The commission's response, however, will not be a decision, of course, just an opinion or advice (2345) At least the matter will have been referred to International Joint Commission.