The year 2016 was the lowest year in memory for new project descriptions being added to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. I believe there were two projects added to the list. In the collective MAC memory we can't recall a year where there was such a dearth of projects added to the project description list. It slightly improved in 2017 with four projects added. That's still relatively low compared to an average year.
I would offer two perspectives here. One is that companies operating internationally that are headquartered in Canada provide a significant amount of found wealth in the Canadian context: the TSX, the banking sector, the white-collar supply side of the mining industry with environmental expertise, tax expertise, and engineering expertise. Canada has the third-largest mining supply sector in the world, so the opportunity for those companies to benefit from Canadian mining companies operating abroad is significant.