I would say, definitively, that we were focused on a social licence to operate as an industry and as an association, as well as on how we could assist our members in being able to get to that point with their projects in asset development.
When we consider where we are today, in 2022, with respect to generating that social licence to operate, it often means that companies and proponents will have to consider additional steps, and rightfully so, in order to ensure that the ideas and concepts they're hoping to bring to their projects are well understood.
With that in mind, I certainly appreciate where companies today are going above and beyond what is often the regulatory framework and what is required of them in terms of being able to engage with their stakeholders. They are ensuring that the public understands their projects and that their investors understand their intent.
At PDAC, we're thinking more about what companies should do to grasp and maintain that social licence to operate. Often, that angles activities well above the requirements from the regulatory process.