With respect, I don't fully agree with that position because I don't necessarily see that this would be a competitive disadvantage for Canadian companies to have a higher standard of compliance. We tend to be in agreement with what Mr. Neve was saying earlier, that this would probably be an advantage because, if you've noticed, over the past several years almost all of the major mining companies, Canadian and others, have become very interested in this whole idea of corporate social responsibility. Many of them have created departments of corporate social responsibility that weren't there before. There's a higher level of awareness of environmental standards, and we have to admit that it's perhaps because of the increased scrutiny that has come on these companies to behave in that manner. This is good. It hasn't damaged Canada's competitive position or Canadian mining's competitive position.
On October 27th, 2009. See this statement in context.