The Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne was unable to meet the Van der Peet test (1996) for proving an Aboriginal right to bring goods duty free from New York State into Canada for the purpose of trade. Justice Binnie, concurring in result, added that such a right would be incompatible with Crown sovereignty, specifically control of Canada's borders. But he said this does not exclude the potential existence of an Aboriginal right of self-government within Canada. However, the majority of the Court did not discuss these issues of sovereign incompatibility and internal self-government.