As I have noted, the reality of investment in this area is that it is not producing jobs, and the job rate declines rather than improves with time. There is no justification for Canadian mining investment based on job production. It has a job creation rate of 0.5 per $1 million U.S. of investment, which is the lowest rate in 12 industries surveyed in the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the most widely recognized mainstream accounting service in Latin America.
On September 28th, 2017. See this statement in context.