Thank you.
In that report, there is the following statement:
Canadians and our trade partners hold Canada’s resource producers to the highest standards when it comes to issues like safety, environmental impact and community engagement. Both at home and abroad, a lack of community acceptance and support for natural resource industries is restricting industry’s access to markets and resources.
The report goes on to say that Canada’s ability to leverage its forest, mineral, and metal endowment into prosperity will increasingly depend on industry’s and government’s ability to address concerns over environmental and social impacts of resource development and transport.
Do you agree that the work the National Energy Board is doing with the five interim principles and public consultations supports your organization's view that consultation is key to having development and a thriving environment on the resource side?