The biggest win for the prospectors and developers in the mining industry was in this year's budget, when we gave a commitment to extend the super flow-through shares. This has allowed newer finds and, obviously, investments here in Canada. There are potentially 50 new mines on the drawing board right now in Canada. This is an unprecedented rate.
One of the benefits about these new mines is the enormous opportunity for employment within aboriginal communities. As you know, we face some human resources challenges within the trades in various sectors, and our department has invested, with some of the other provincial governments, on developing aboriginal tool kits--how we can include them in the front end, how we can get them involved in the mining association. In fact, I spoke this morning with the Canadian Aboriginal Minerals Association on their direct involvement.
So there are some really exciting things happening in the mining industry. The extension of the super flow-through shares is very good for that industry and will provide some really high-paying, good-quality jobs with the aboriginal communities, which we're very pleased with, and they've been very supportive.
I'm going to say the credit belongs to this association, the Canadian Aboriginal Minerals Association. They polled their members. They came forward with this and wanted to move this initiative forward, and it's been very well received.