Environment committee  Thanks for that question. One of the most profound impacts of those diamond mines has been multiple generations of aboriginal people around those sites being able to participate in the economic opportunities that were generated to leverage those economic opportunities to improv

Environment committee  It did indeed.

Environment committee  They had to roam quite large surface areas before they could find what they were looking for.

Environment committee  That's a great question. Thank you. I should start by clarifying that we do represent exploration and development, so our sister association is the Mining Association of Canada, and they do some phenomenal work in supporting their members to work on reclamation. In general, wh

Environment committee  I think there is no argument from PDAC that there are going to be areas that have such ecological or cultural significance that they should be withdrawn from the claim-staking system. For example, in Ontario, Lesley and I have been very involved with the Mining Act reforms, and

Environment committee  Thank you for that question. The focus for us is really on the process. The way you find the balance is by bringing the diverse perspectives together. We believe in that landscape-scale dialogue process, which will allow the people who are directly impacted by the landscape to sh

Environment committee  —the potential is not included.

Environment committee  Good afternoon, Madam Chair and committee members. Thank you for this opportunity to speak here today. For those of you who are not familiar with the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, or PDAC, we represent the Canadian mineral exploration and development industry

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Our two associations have spoken about this in detail, and we've decided our message would be that a minor variant is best left to be determined under the applicable land use plan.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'll defer to the NPC.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thanks for the question. I think there are few dimensions here. Maybe I'll speak to the impact of uncertainty on exploration and perhaps Rick and Pierre can talk about the impact of uncertainty on mine development. The first point is that when you invest scarce resources in an

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, exactly. The security of mineral tenure at the exploration stage becomes the critical precondition for the financing that generates that high-risk investment. When you work in an area where you have unsettled land claims or massive interim land withdrawals, such as in the

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Okay.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We would.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Since the comments on the amendments are for this presentation, I'll start with one, perhaps, and then turn it over. Recognizing that you haven't had a chance to review it, let me just enter into the record my hope that for our next submission we will have a chance to have that d