Thank you very much.
I think going back to some of the discussion we had before about misinformation campaigns and deforestation work or degradation, there will always be some group out there saying we want to protect our own industries in our own countries, and we're going to do all we possibly can to make it difficult. Canadians, instead of a standing proud approach, have this “oh, we're sorry” approach. We went after our oil and gas industry and have pretty well destroyed that. In agriculture, GMOs and glyphosates were discussed earlier in terms of the issues and concerns we have there. In mining, I'm trying to figure out how it is in the mining industry we're going to be able to handle the negative press we will be getting from around the world.
I'm glad that in Mr. Angus's riding we will able to see the example of how that is done, because we know that there's going to be a lot of pressure. If we could get to the stage where the management of those sites would be as good as what we have in northern Alberta in the oil sands...because that's what we need to do. We need to make sure that all of the industries would be able to get to that level.
For PDAC, I was at the convention earlier in June, looking at what is required for EV batteries—500,000 pounds dug up in order to get yourself a 1,000-pound battery. Then you have to get it. You have to process it. You have to deal with all the chemicals associated with it. How are we going to get ahead of the environmental groups that are intent on demonizing everything that we have to do with natural resources?