Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Just to provide a little bit of background, the past practice has always been that water would circulate through the pipe that goes into the drill. There's a certain amount of water that would be revolving through that pipeline simply to keep the pipe from freezing. That's been n

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have had some opportunities to provide our input. We do appreciate that. I would say that the one change that we've noted that we had been talking about for many years is the note around security management agreements and that there has been some movement toward trying to add

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would suggest that we support the forward movement of this bill. We're here to represent the operators that are in the field and we hope that this will be viewed as a form of constructive feedback from the people who are living with the rules that are created and are doing the

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Double bonding occurs where a licensee must provide financial security to more than one payee to address the same reclamation requirement, which often happens when you're talking about a project that crosses over between Inuit-owned lands and crown land. The territorial governmen

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I think that's a fair statement. But one of the limitations that the industry has to deal with is the price of commodities. When prices are very low, as they are now, when we begin to talk about adding additional cost to that review, whether it's for water licences or an en

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I would describe it that way.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, that's correct. The other more important party, I guess, would be at the community level. The community level benefits as a result of the economic development opportunity.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In part, a number of the projects are actually on Inuit-owned lands, so there would be a shared ownership arrangement between the federal government and the respective Inuit association.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. We appreciate the invitation to come to speak with you today. The NWT and Nunavut Chamber of Mines is the industry association and leading advocate for responsible and sustainable mineral exploration and development in the Northwest Territories

Finance committee  Thank you. I'll answer the second part of the question first. With respect to Arctic ocean mapping, that is actually one of the areas for which we would be looking to groups like CHARS and other research agencies, to help fill in some of those gaps. There are a lot of gaps with

Finance committee  We believe that the CHARS institute provides an excellent opportunity for partnering opportunities with industry. We share the common goals of economic development, protection of communities, and the enhancement of the capacity of communities to participate in our projects. We be

Finance committee  I'll speak specifically to Nunavut. At this stage, the mining sector in Nunavut represents between 18% to 20% of the gross domestic product for the territory. That translates into potentially thousands of jobs in the coming years. The more we can do to enhance these projects and

Finance committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman. On behalf of the NWT and Nunavut Chamber of Mines thank you for the invitation to speak to you today in relation to Bill C-43. The Chamber of Mines is the industry association and leading advocate for responsible and sustainable mineral exploration