Régis Simard (General Manager, James Bay Joint Action Mining Committee) at the Natural Resources Committee

Good afternoon, everyone.

Thank you for this invitation. I would have preferred to be with you. I'm speaking to you today from the town of Chibougamau in northern Quebec.

I graduated from the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi in geological engineering, and I've been a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec since 1986. I have 16 years of diversified experience in the mining industry in Abitibi-Témiscamingue and northern Quebec.

Since 2001, I have been the general manager of the James Bay Joint Action Mining Committee—