Nathaniel Erskine-Smith at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

Thanks.

I want to stick with the Mining Association of Canada.

I appreciate your sending very concrete and specific recommendations. I took from those recommendations that, in part, the federal government's role is to streamline the approval [Technical difficulty—Editor] an active participant in the course of consultation and ensuring that things proceed. I think you referenced the Impact Assessment Act. One piece around financing.... I understand the need for the federal government to facilitate approvals.

Given the increase in the value of these commodities, to what extent is financing required from the federal government? I know that in particular there's a call for doubling the exploration tax credit. To what extent is that still required?