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Environment committee That's a very good question. I don't have the numbers at my fingertips, but you have to realize that in Nunavut we are operating on Inuit-owned land; it is their land. We have an impact benefit agreement, which comprises wildlife monitoring and education. The corporate social res
June 18th, 2015Committee meeting
Louise Grondin
Environment committee Yes. Thank you for pointing that out.
June 18th, 2015Committee meeting
Louise Grondin
Environment committee I believe it comes from the value system. If you look at our overall business, we are good business partners. You can ask the market: we are good business partners in general. We are good neighbours. We talk to our communities. We are a good employer. It is based on the value sys
June 18th, 2015Committee meeting
Louise Grondin
Environment committee I think so. In mining we're in small communities. Our employees live there, so we have excellent ambassadors. We're also getting input from them about the things we should improve. I really think we're part of the community. We need to respect that they have concerns, and to ha
June 18th, 2015Committee meeting
Louise Grondin
Environment committee Actually, energy is about 25% of our costs. Even from a business point of view, it is essential that we look at it. At the same time, you're absolutely right that Nunavut needs energy. Nunavut is, I think, 22 communities spread out through the territory and they're all operating
June 18th, 2015Committee meeting
Louise Grondin
Environment committee In terms of regulations, you might be surprised to learn that most of the workload, I would say 90%, of CEAA, the federal environmental assessment agency, is for mining projects. We're subject to a lot of scrutiny. We've just received our project certificate for one of our proje
June 18th, 2015Committee meeting
Louise Grondin
Environment committee Our mines in Quebec are not significant greenhouse gas producers because, in Quebec, we are lucky to have access to hydroelectricity. Only the LaRonde mine, which is very deep and consequently uses more electricity, is a larger mine. It emits more than 25,000 tonnes of greenhouse
June 18th, 2015Committee meeting
Louise Grondin
Environment committee I have not really looked into the issues. However, I think there should be more incentives for reducing than for trading. I would not want to pay someone to reduce our own greenhouse gas emissions. So the first step is to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. Once we have reached
June 18th, 2015Committee meeting
Louise Grondin
Environment committee That's the threshold for having to make a declaration; the other mines emit less than 25,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. So we are not subject to the cap or to the greenhouse gas emissions trading system. That does not mean we are not making efforts to reduce energy consu
June 18th, 2015Committee meeting
Louise Grondin
Environment committee I wouldn't call that a Catch-22, but almost. It's a big capital investment to build in the north. Unfortunately, a wind turbine cannot satisfy the baseloads. If you add wind turbines, you also need to have a full capacity without the wind. We've done wind studies at both Meliadi
June 18th, 2015Committee meeting
Louise Grondin
Environment committee There are concerns for sure. Actually, we just went through public hearings in August 2014 in Rankin Inlet about our Meliadine project. We have a 25-kilometre road there. You're right about the population being very concerned about dust from the road. We have mitigation measures
June 18th, 2015Committee meeting
Louise Grondin
Environment committee No. Those are all voluntary. As you know, the first thing about improving performance is to measure. We entered the carbon disclosure project because we started measuring our greenhouse gases. Once you measure them, then you look down and ask what you can do. “Towards sustainabl
June 18th, 2015Committee meeting
Louise Grondin
Environment committee Yes, we have implemented the TSM initiative of the Mining Association of Canada in all our divisions. In fact, in 2015 we went through a first external audit. In that initiative there is a community outreach protocol. We have grievance mechanisms and we need to consult our Inuit
June 18th, 2015Committee meeting
Louise Grondin
Environment committee Well, in Nunavut we're the first mine, so.... You do have to go an extra mile. These guys leave home for 14 days, and their wife—sometimes it's a husband—doesn't necessarily understand what they're doing. We recently brought spouses to the site to stay for a few days, to see wha
June 18th, 2015Committee meeting
Louise Grondin
Environment committee Good morning, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. Thank you for this opportunity to talk about local environmental initiatives that we have undertaken in Canada in partnership with not-for-profit organizations. Agnico Eagle is a Canadian gold mining company that has been
June 18th, 2015Committee meeting
Louise Grondin