Thank you for the question.
In the consultations, we have discussed what could be exempted from the order. It's not what will be exempted, but simply an approach for how to tackle the balance between biodiversity or conservation gains and economic losses.
There is a difference in the scale of landscape-level change between forestry operations and mining. Both need to be managed effectively to protect caribou, but one of the differences relates to the physical footprint and the size of the impact. In the context of forestry, it tends to have a larger footprint on forests than mining, and therefore on caribou habitat, but in both cases, they need to be managed sustainably.
Your point is taken. Thank you.
My colleague can answer on the socio-economic aspect.