Finance committee  Good afternoon Chair and committee members. I'd like to start by acknowledging that we are on the lands of the Algonquin people. I'm Lisa McDonald, executive director of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, otherwise known to many of you as PDAC. I'm joined her

Finance committee  Certainly, as noted in the remarks, this is something that we, as an organization, have advocated for since it was first implemented in 2000. As you're aware, it has been on a one-year renewal for that entire time. The five-year renewal really does provide that certainty for our

Finance committee  Sure. I can start, but then I'm going to pass it over to my colleague Brendan. He was at said meeting at the PDAC in Toronto, so he can speak to it further. Certainly from a high level I can comment that, as we noted, one significant cost barrier to operating in the north is the

Finance committee  As mentioned earlier, we do agree that the future is in the north for Canada. We once again point to the challenges with the costs of operating in the north. It's not rocket science; it comes down to a lack of infrastructure, in terms of roads, from an energy perspective, from a

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm Lisa McDonald. I'm executive director of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. I'm joined here today by my colleague Jeff Killeen, director of policy and programs. We appreciate the important matters before the committee. I thank you for

Finance committee  Sure. I'll just take a moment to point out that people don't necessarily make the connection that minerals are absolutely fundamental to the transition to a low-carbon economy. We cannot have renewable energy, we cannot have clean tech, we cannot have a green economy without the

Natural Resources committee  It will be me.

Natural Resources committee  Good afternoon, Chair and committee members. I'm Lisa McDonald, executive director of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. I thank you for the opportunity to speak to the committee today. As the leading voice of the mineral exploration and development sector in

Natural Resources committee  You know, as I think was referenced in a couple of the presentations before mine, Canada is a vast country and our resources are spread out across the country, so it's not possible to sit here and cherry-pick and indicate a particular area. I think that, in and of itself, speaks

Natural Resources committee  I'm going to pass this question on to my colleague, Jeff Killeen, our director of policy and programs, who is here with us today.

Natural Resources committee  I think as has been evidenced in most of the conversation today, it's clear that Canada has the minerals. We know they're here. We've found the easy stuff, and now what's left are the more challenging things to find. They're at depth. They're more remote. Of course, with the cr

Natural Resources committee  On the processing and manufacturing, I really don't think it's a good use of our limited time here for me to speak to that. I think I'm going to pass it over to Mr. London, if you're okay with that.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members, for the opportunity to speak today. My colleague, Jeff Killeen, is with me. He is the director of policy and programs at PDAC. With over 7,200 members around the world, PDAC is the leading voice of the mineral exploration and develop

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I think at this juncture in time there have been no complaints that have been brought forward to the CORE. At this point we are looking forward, and we are looking for this process to be under way, and we don't know that the CORE is effective or isn't effective at this point. I

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Given that PDAC represents mostly the exploration sector and that my colleagues at MAC represent the operators, I would respectfully pass that question along to Pierre.