Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm Lisa McDonald. I'm executive director of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. I'm joined here today by my colleague Jeff Killeen, director of policy and programs. We appreciate the important matters before the committee. I thank you for

Finance committee  As mentioned earlier, we do agree that the future is in the north for Canada. We once again point to the challenges with the costs of operating in the north. It's not rocket science; it comes down to a lack of infrastructure, in terms of roads, from an energy perspective, from a

Finance committee  Sure. I can start, but then I'm going to pass it over to my colleague Brendan. He was at said meeting at the PDAC in Toronto, so he can speak to it further. Certainly from a high level I can comment that, as we noted, one significant cost barrier to operating in the north is the

Finance committee  Certainly, as noted in the remarks, this is something that we, as an organization, have advocated for since it was first implemented in 2000. As you're aware, it has been on a one-year renewal for that entire time. The five-year renewal really does provide that certainty for our

Finance committee  Good afternoon Chair and committee members. I'd like to start by acknowledging that we are on the lands of the Algonquin people. I'm Lisa McDonald, executive director of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, otherwise known to many of you as PDAC. I'm joined her