Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It should be based on the project itself and not the person.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. It's based on the project. We have no argument with that. Of course that's the way it should be.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We can afford the actual cost of doing the work, though it's very hard to find someone to shepherd it through the system. Many of us find it very difficult to shepherd these things through the system ourselves. I can give you an example. Years ago, when YESAB first came in, I ga

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I just get totally frustrated when people ask me to tell them about all the places that were no good to build a road. I mean, it's just....

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It can stop people for a season of placer mining, certainly, because you can get held up in the adequacy review. I can give you direct examples from my own experience. I had a licence renewal in a place that I had been mining for many, many years. I went for a normal licence ren

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Go ahead.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Unfortunately. It's not very good publicity, I don't think.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You mean, like, actors?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, there are. There are, but it's a very low turnover, extremely low. Many of the people who have been in the industry have been in it since their parents were in it, or they've been here for many years.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I will, thank you. I'll try to get started right away because seven minutes goes by pretty quickly. Good afternoon, Mr. Chair. My name is Stuart Schmidt. I am president of the Klondike Placer Miners' Association. With me is Randy Clarkson, the executive director of the associati