Environment committee  Yes, I think that's absolutely right, and part of our Towards Sustainable Mining initiative is to take a broad look at all of the key issues, whether they are environmental or social, and measure performance in each of those areas.

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  From my own personal experience, I started in the mining business working at a small mine called Myra Falls out on Vancouver island. This mine was located in the centre of Strathcona Park, which was the first provincial park in Canada. The mine and the park coexisted very well fo

Environment committee  Yes, there's been a lot of learning and evolution as that particular arrangement progressed. There have been changes in tailings practices over the 40-year history, and changes in safety. I talked about our national advisory panel. That mine had a provincially mandated advisory p

Environment committee  TSM is based on a foundation of self-assessment. Every year, every mine that participates self-assesses. Every third year they are required to undertake an external verification. You see a third of the membership verified each year. Part of that process also includes the role o

Environment committee  In a federally protected area? I can't think of a case in a federally protected area.

Environment committee  In these eventualities, one of the key parts of regulation that covers all of Canada is bonding requirements. Companies are required to post reclamation bonds so that if they are not in a position to fund their reclamation obligations themselves, that money is already put up, wit

Environment committee  In some cases, it is hundreds of millions of dollars.

Environment committee  Sure.

Environment committee  The amount depends on the plan, what has to be done. A mine that requires very little reclamation at the end of the day will have a smaller bond. A mine that has a very large reclamation obligation will have a large bond.

Environment committee  One of the things we have been observing recently is that we represent 75% of the workload of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency. There's a disproportionate focus on mining in terms of environmental assessment, which, in our view, is a really important tool for making d

Environment committee  Thank you. Earlier my colleagues raised the notion of flexibility in land use, and I think it's really important when we make decisions about the kind of land use conservation we're going to be putting in place to understand which critical ecosystem values we need to protect and

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee, for the opportunity to speak here today. The Mining Association of Canada, MAC, is the national organization representing Canadian mining. We represent all major commodity types of mining in Canada, including base metals, precious metals, iron

Environment committee  I'd be happy to come back on the 17th.

Natural Resources committee  The big difference, I think, is that securities regulation has a long and established track record of dealing with financial disclosures. The regimes are well understood by companies. The accuracy issues, which we spoke to as part of our recommendations, are well managed in terms