It's a message of unity, of national unity, of what it could truly look like when we have multiple regions of the country all being treated fairly at the table. Whether you're trying to develop resources in northern Ontario, in northern Saskatchewan, in southern Saskatchewan, in central Alberta or in Atlantic Canada, you need some certainty. You certainly need the federal government to be working with you and working for you, not making unrealistic, unattainable demands, with the pancaking of regulations and costs on top of all of these projects.
I think there are currently seven advanced exploration projects in the Timmins district. Four of them are for critical minerals. The seven projects in the Timmins district include three gold projects. There are four that fall under the critical minerals list: the Canada Nickel Company's Crawford nickel project, EV Nickel's Shaw Dome project, Fox River Resources Corporation's Martison phosphate project and—I hope I'm saying this right—Niobay Metals' James Bay niobium project. A couple of the gold projects will be going into production shortly.
There's a lot of good work happening and looking to be done in those areas. If we want more projects like those to happen, they're going to be looking for improved, expedited timelines. That way, they will be able to increase the output of our minerals and resources in Canada, whether it's in Timmins—James Bay, in Cypress Hills—Grasslands, in Lakeland or in Newfoundland and Labrador. It doesn't matter where you are; you need the certainty for these projects. Whichever province and whichever riding it's in, that certainty needs to be there. I would like to see more projects like these seven that I listed here in development across this great country.
It's definitely worth noting that our indigenous communities are looking for partnerships. They're looking for equity in these projects. They've been denied equity in these projects—not these ones in particular. I'm not speaking about these seven that I listed but other projects that have been cancelled in the past. They're looking for economic reconciliation. They're looking for self-determination. They are looking for opportunities for their residents, for their people, and that's what natural resources can bring.
That's where having a partner in the federal government that works with and for the people to make sure they can achieve their outcomes.... Let the provinces and the first nations set and determine what their outcomes are going to be, and the federal government should work alongside them to attain that.