Canada and the U.S. continue discussions about the future of the 50-year-old Columbia River Treaty, but the sides have different ideas about what is fair compensation for operations of Canadian dams and other flood control measures under the pact, participants at the Pacific Northwest Economic Region summit in Whistler, British Columbia, said. Authorities must decide whether to renegotiate the treaty governing the management of the Columbia River, with economic benefits from power production, flood control, climate change and ecosystem management being primary issues of concern (44 ER 3262, 11/1/13).
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机译：加拿大和美国继续就已有50年历史的《哥伦比亚河条约》的未来进行讨论，但双方对什么是对加拿大大坝的运营进行公平补偿以及根据该协议采取的其他防洪措施有不同的看法，太平洋西北地区的参与者在不列颠哥伦比亚省惠斯勒举行的经济区首脑会议上说。当局必须决定是否重新谈判有关哥伦比亚河管理的条约，其中主要关注的问题是电力生产，防洪，气候变化和生态系统管理带来的经济利益（44 ER 3262，11 / 1/13）。
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