Natural Resources committee  I would just add that the daily compounding is actually a disincentive to correcting errors when they're found. I mean, if a company detects an error, let's say several months after issuing the report, if they go and correct it then they've given evidence to support that they're

Natural Resources committee  The equivalency provision is absolutely critical. As I had started to articulate earlier to Ms. Duncan's question, this data is most useful when it is reported consistently. We have many companies that report in multiple jurisdictions. We have companies that are listed in the U.S

Natural Resources committee  We've been advised that it does.

Natural Resources committee  Equivalency is absolutely critical here because essentially this data becomes most relevant, and to Claire's point, most usable when it's reported consistently. If you're dealing with multiple jurisdictions internationally or domestically that have slightly different rules you co

Natural Resources committee  No. I don't think so. The equivalency provision in here speaks to other jurisdictions as long as they have mechanisms that are equivalent to this.

Natural Resources committee  Yes. We believe our recommendations are needed.

Natural Resources committee  It's Canadian provinces, Canadian and international jurisdictions where equivalent laws are in place.

Natural Resources committee  If you are reporting to say the requirement has been established under the European directives and in the U.K., then absolutely.

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely. Increasingly, as we look around the world at the challenges that our sector faces in terms of getting projects built and online, a lot of it has to do with social licence. One of the elements of that is that communities don't necessarily believe the benefits that our

Natural Resources committee  This legislation covers all types of payments typical to government, whether they be royalty payments, tax payments, or whatnot. We track those payments; our companies track them; we know what we pay. We often, increasingly, are very transparent on our own to communities about wh

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, for the opportunity to speak before you on an issue that has been very important to the Mining Association. For the last two years, we've spent an enormous amount of effort and resources in working with our partners here, Publish What You Pay, to

Environment committee  Yes, it is. We're certainly seeing a growth in the kinds of corporate commitments around not only no net loss but net positive gain. In fact, I was just in Calgary yesterday at a workshop that was hosted by Shell. Shell is one of our members because of their oil sands operation

Environment committee  I think how you re-form that box is that you look at, what towards sustainable mining would call, the high end of performance; that is, you work with the local communities to identify where the real values are. What are the significant aspects of the local habitat that are import

Environment committee  I think the best way we can answer it is to build on what Kate just said. There are only seven action plans, which is the method that SARA has mandated to implement recovery strategies. This is a very small number. You can contrast it with the number of examples that each of th

Environment committee  I think when we're talking about conservation objectives we often default to land protection and taking habitat out of use in some way, shape, or form. In some cases that's the right course of action. However, there are also instances where habitat is not necessarily the critical