One quick observation is that even if you take one or two differences in British Columbia, it does have a cluster built on experience in the backyard, as it were, with respect to exploration and mining development. For technical, legal, and accounting matters, there is a cluster that has formed there. It has taken decades, and so forth, but I would suggest and argue that you can never take that for granted. There is a disconnect, as you say, and we can strengthen not just that cluster but also others across Canada.
One very positive initiative is the Canadian Mining Innovation Council, the CMIC. I think that body and others like it are working across Canada in a much more coordinated way these days. If we all get behind it, support it, and focus, indeed, not only do we support its initiatives and efforts but that also strengthens all the sub-clusters, as it were, right across this nation.
You're quite right. Australia is regularly observing and borrowing the great ideas that Canada has worked hard to implement, and the Australians are succeeding at it. They tend to be out-coordinating and out-organizing us and our efforts thus far. We have some room to improve.
I think part of it means acknowledging and recognizing that you can never take a business cluster or any kind of industry cluster for granted. It needs constant support and nourishment in so many different ways over time. That includes through academic schools and training facilities, which over generations can improve technologies, be innovative, and pass on great learning to the next generation.