I think Bill C-300 would. It would be my opinion, but it's pretty light. It doesn't go far enough.
I do think that Canadian mining companies, first off, export wonderful technology. We know how to mine. We really do. We've got it together. And our expertise and developing mining equipment and mining technologies and processes are probably number one in the world. We have a huge mining industry here. We're really proud of it, and we're really proud of the work we do.
One of the things we learned over the years, as Canadian miners, is that you have to really watch Canadian mining companies. If you let them get away, they hurt people; they do bad things. Not all of them, but there's a bad reputation. We had Elliot Lake, we had Westray, barium in Quebec, asbestos throughout, lead in Trail. We had the biggest penalty assessment in British Columbia history against Cominco for exposing workers.
We're the most regulated industry in Canada when it comes to protecting workers and the environment. We could really lead. The Canadian flag could go way up on the flagpole, to say if you want to invest in a foreign company, you should go to a Canadian mining company, because not only do they have the technology, but they also have the will and the ability to protect workers, the environment, and communities around those mines. That's where we could do it. That's where I think the mining companies would shine. The very responsible ones will do that anyway, and there are many of them.
I think it would really take care of some of the juniors that fall off the edge sometimes. I said this earlier: sometimes it's just economic heroin. If you go into one of these countries, or a community in Canada, and say you're going to open up a mine and you're going to create a whole lot of jobs that will be big paying jobs, people will bend over backwards to accommodate that industry. And sometimes we leave some of the most important things behind. We clearly have the technology to extract, but the important parts that come with the people are oftentimes missed.