Human Resources committee  We're certainly aware of the good efforts that have been made in employing aboriginal people in the mines in northern Saskatchewan. In fact when we set up our early mine training committee in the Northwest Territories, we looked to Saskatchewan as a model. As recently as a few we

Human Resources committee  Unfortunately, in the north our climate doesn't lead to farming. We have mining and an increasingly promising oil and gas sector, and that's about it. We're not commercial fishermen in any great numbers, we're not foresters in any great numbers, our climate—

Human Resources committee  Thank you. Remoteness works both ways. Management is challenged by our remote locations, and unions are challenged by our remote locations, but ore bodies are where we find them. We found ones that are very valuable, as you point out, but they are also remote. In the recent exa

Human Resources committee  Thank you. As the bill now stands, we believe it would shift the balance inordinately in favour of labour, to the detriment of our industry, which is so important to us. Up until now, the labour code upheld the right of a union to withhold its labour, but also the right of an e

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Our organization represents a variety of companies and individuals involved in exploration and mining in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. We have over 800 members, from prospectors, junior exploration companies, companies with operating mines, service