Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I will, thank you. I'll try to get started right away because seven minutes goes by pretty quickly. Good afternoon, Mr. Chair. My name is Stuart Schmidt. I am president of the Klondike Placer Miners' Association. With me is Randy Clarkson, the executive director of the associati

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Unfortunately. It's not very good publicity, I don't think.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You mean, like, actors?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, there are. There are, but it's a very low turnover, extremely low. Many of the people who have been in the industry have been in it since their parents were in it, or they've been here for many years.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Of course.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  How does it play out in any industry when someone shows up and does things that aren't good for the environment, the industry, or society in general? Hopefully they get hauled away to jail at some point if they're bad enough, right?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I don't think the assessors really take into account whether someone is new or not.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Everybody is treated the same, of course, and that's only fair and right.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's true. The questioning is consistent, but none of the questions are really designed, I think, to sort out a bad apple, or someone new from someone old.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It should be based on the project itself and not the person.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. It's based on the project. We have no argument with that. Of course that's the way it should be.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We can afford the actual cost of doing the work, though it's very hard to find someone to shepherd it through the system. Many of us find it very difficult to shepherd these things through the system ourselves. I can give you an example. Years ago, when YESAB first came in, I ga

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I just get totally frustrated when people ask me to tell them about all the places that were no good to build a road. I mean, it's just....

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.