I ask because when I was first elected, Ring of Fire was going to be the next big thing. For people I've talked to in the industry, the thinking is, “Let's move on and talk about other things because we're still...” The consultations weren't done right. We have to deal with roads. We have to deal with the really fragile ecosystem that's there. There are serious problems about moving into areas that have not had mining. However, we have areas that have mining.
For example, take the Sudbury nickel basin. Right now, pretty much all of Vale's nickel sulfate in Sudbury is probably just going to end up being hoovered up by the GM operation. There's not going to be a lot of excess unless we kick into production the ore bodies that are there, but that will require serious investment for shaft sinking and tunnelling.
God help me that I'm saying we should give a break to companies, but that's normally what they do, because they could easily go to Malaysia, and there are no standards in Malaysia.
Has the government looked at using the tax credit system, maybe even for a three-year or four-year period, to help companies that could actually get ore bodies into production now so that they don't have to go through the creation of electrification and all the environmental assessments? They are in Thompson, Manitoba. They could open up an ore body and run for 40 years without having to go through all the red tape. Sudbury can do it. Timmins can do it.
Have you looked at actually making an agreement with mining companies to say that if they commit to getting these ore bodies that you know are there into production, we will give them tax credits for the construction work on the tunnelling and shaft sinking?