Environment committee  Though a federal system, most projects are not subject to two levels of federal EA in Australia.

Environment committee  I'm loath to be overly simplistic because the systems are different, but generally speaking it's faster.

Environment committee  Honestly, I don't know enough about Australia to say so, except it's a fully developed democratic country. It is our natural competitor, and the Australians are currently doing better than we are at attracting new investment.

Environment committee  Yes, absolutely. Exactly as it is for NEB, with the option to opt in.... It may be that a proponent enters very late before this act comes into force and says they'll plan for the next one. Certain elements of this act may prove to be more attractive. We don't know. The early pla

Environment committee  Yes. First, I would point to the fact that our contribution is relatively minor. Second, Ontario currently has two projects that will deploy electric vehicles in underground mines. That's the trend in the industry right now, so we will continue to reduce our greenhouse gas emiss

Environment committee  I just wanted to point out that, for mining projects, because of our heavy engagement with indigenous communities, because of where our projects are, some of those new aspects of this proposed legislation are already factored in, to a degree. We don't feel it's a huge shift for u

Environment committee  Yes, that's also true for other jurisdictions like B.C. and Quebec, so we're not breaking new ground in the mining sector all that much with those aspects. I think we speak to traditional knowledge in our brief and we've spoken to it in the past. One of the challenges is that it'

Environment committee  No, what we're saying is that we have.... One of our members right now is wondering whether or not they should submit their project for a federal environmental assessment under the current act or not, and they have advisers saying they shouldn't, that they should wait until the n

Environment committee  Not to defend the minister, but what the minister said was technically true for NEB, and he was speaking about NEB projects. This is an issue of one side of government not talking or coordinating very well with the other side of government. You have the agency and you have the NE

Environment committee  Absolutely. In fact, I might add that for CEAA projects under CEAA 2012, at no point were any interested parties disqualified from project reviews. The criticism that has been made over the last number of years has largely been directed towards the NEB, but just for your informat

Environment committee  Mining association and environmental groups and indigenous organizations lobbied Finance together to try to persuade it to ensure there was sufficient funding to support this legislation in terms of participation. I think that answers your question.

Environment committee  You need to recognize first that companies—mining proponents for certain—are engaging on an ongoing basis with communities, and they provide that kind of capacity support as projects develop. It's part of how we do business. It's important to recognize that this is the governme

Environment committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair and members of the committee. It's a pleasure for the Mining Association of Canada to be with you today. Members of the committee, I'm mad. Last week, you heard from Minister Carr, who said: All projects that are currently under review will b

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, I listened to his testimony as well. He wasn't actually here, and we spent all of maybe an hour with the two representatives who did come, so I don't know the extent to which they understood TSM or undertook an examination of what industry is doing. I will certainly acknow

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  MAC is a membership organization. You have to pay to be a member. Also, if you are a member, you have to implement our initiative towards sustainable mining. It's probably interesting for the committee to know that, since TSM, our membership has grown. We have companies joining u