 Both governments have proposed a boundary based on the principle of equidistance, but with different basepoint selections, resulting in small differences in the line.Resolution of the issue should be simple, but has been hindered because it might influence maritime boundary issues between Canada and the United States.In addition, the government of British Columbia has rejected both equidistant proposals, instead arguing that the Juan de Fuca submarine canyon is the appropriate "geomorphic and physiogeographic boundary".