International Trade committee  I'm not an expert on those bills, so I don't really know, but it sounds as though we're on the right track.

International Trade committee  Yes, I think one of the challenges is the understanding that we act a certain way here in Canada where there's a regulatory framework and legal recourse, yet when we go away, we're so far away that perhaps we may act differently. Then we say, “Well, we're just doing what the competition is doing,” or, “We're doing what the locals require us to do.”

International Trade committee  I think the ESG numbers are in the trillions. Institutional investors all the way down to individual investors want to invest in ESG. We're talking about trillions, and it continues to grow. One challenge with having these programs that you speak about is that they are aspirational.

International Trade committee  Good afternoon. Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the standing committee, for this opportunity to speak with you. It is without doubt that mining is an important business for Canada; however, some Canadian mining companies doing business abroad have come under global scrutiny for the way they operate outside Canada.