We very much appreciate the hard work that the Mining Association of Canada and PDAC have put in towards sustainable mining in the E3 initiatives. They're very good initiatives, and there's some excellent work being done there.
I would like to point out, however, that the initiatives remain voluntary. They're done as an agreement by the company, and the company monitors itself. So this doesn't do anything about the bad actors.
As an organization that probably hears more mining horror stories than anybody else in the country, we're a bit jaded and cynical when it comes to the operations of mining companies. I would like to say that to some extent this is an argument for tighter regulation and more oversight of mining companies. We already have some excellent voluntary initiatives to level the playing field, but for the bad actors it would make sense to make sure those decisions are enshrined in law.