Natural Resources committee  Hopefully I'll answer some of that question, but in Saskatchewan I think we're comfortable with companies that.... The provincial government requires financial assurances to be posted for the uranium projects, which are either through actual funds deposit or irrevocable letters o

Natural Resources committee  When we started in 1998 in renewing the Nunavut project, we had to ensure that the public was onside with the concept of uranium mining in Nunavut. Since that time, we've had favourable results, in that it is supported. Going through the environmental assessment process now would

Natural Resources committee  I'll start. Thank you for the question, Mr. Trost. There are other factors involved besides regulatory efficiencies. The lack of certainty that's associated with our timelines really restricts our company's abilities to move on projects quickly. The long lead time is an impedim

Natural Resources committee  Let me add one more comment. There also is an impediment for AREVA on the side of the non-resident ownership policy. We don't face it at the Midwest project, because we have a long-standing exemption through the only means available, which was the inability to find a Canadian-ow

Natural Resources committee  I can. Cameco and AREVA both, speaking mostly on the uranium mining side, obviously have to look at fish habitat compensation programs for any habitat destruction we undertake as part of our projects. We are looking, in the context of the Midwest project, at something unique. I

Natural Resources committee  Other than fully understanding the impact, our perspective is really that focusing on the science and the boreal caribou is not true to the Saskatchewan experience. It's our understanding that there has been a lack of inclusion of the aboriginal community in developing the policy

Natural Resources committee  I can answer.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. We have some good examples concerning the length of time it takes to get an environmental assessment through the cycle, especially for new projects. Our Midwest project, if you want to compare it with the Olympic Dam experience—which, as Pam said earlier, was from