Thank you for bringing that important aspect to the forefront.
Certainly, globally, everybody looks to Canada to lead an environmentally sustainable and equitable reconciliation with first nations. As has already been outlined by some of the other witnesses, we simply can't meet the demands of decarbonization and defence by leaving a massive environmental legacy. Having capacity, technologies, zero-waste mining, equitable mining projects and partnerships with equity ownership by first nations is entirely within the realm of possible and doable in Canada. That has to be at the forefront of discussions on new projects.
In our case, when we're looking at tailings reprocessing, we're absolutely able to have that win-win-win if we think strategically not only in extracting that value but also in reducing and removing environmental liability so communities don't have the long-term impact of mineral development.
