Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses for being here.
I'll pick up on that point.
Inevitably, this committee finds itself in some cases stuck between extremes. On the one hand, there might be environmental groups that want nothing to happen, and on the other, there might be people dangling large amounts of money in front of other people to try to make things happen. That's a little bit inflammatory, I know, but in fact what I've heard you say today is that we have to consider the economic impacts. At the same time, we're being asked to consider what may happen if we have an adverse event up on the north coast or on the south coast.
I guess I'll start with you, Ms. Spahlinger. I understand that you are here on behalf of your company, and your company, like all companies, is looking for surety, clarity in regulation, etc. You're concerned that Canada could send not very good signals to the world in terms of our willingness to do business. What would you say to the indigenous groups that have appeared here, that have also been shown a large amount of money if they wanted to basically play along, and have said no?