Natural Resources committee  You've asked me a sensitive question, sir. Let me put it this way. It's the main point of that article. Indigenous folks were on the outside looking in on resource development for 150 years. In fact, devastating results followed. Some of the situations were horrible with mines

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  Okay. Go fast. Be solid. Focus on outcomes. Don't focus on the decision-making process. Trust aboriginal folks. The aboriginal folks live on their territories and their land. They will look after it better than any regulatory process will ever do.

Natural Resources committee  Sure. I'll give you a brief answer. There are some countries that have almost no regulations and controls. In fact, they allow almost a free market type of approach, so that the companies themselves put the limits. In fact, Canadian companies are very good at this. They notional

Natural Resources committee  You're absolutely right about the historical memory. The indigenous communities remember the very serious problems in the past. How do you get ahead of this? I think the grand chief has described something really important. Start the process really early on. In fact, we put a l

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, sir. I guess my first observation would be that, in one sense it's early days. When the mining regime was brought in, it wasn't overly specific. It set out more broad contours, and it's a work-in-progress. Resource companies that I've been talking to in recent years h

Natural Resources committee  I will do that very quickly, and thank you very much. I would simply say the irony of our times is that the pursuit of rapid technological change and innovation requires the strengthening and empowerment of our nation's resource economy. To do anything slower than that will hold

Natural Resources committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair, and thank you very much, committee members. It's a real privilege to have the chance to speak to you. The issue of mineral supply and uncertainty in the Canadian mining industry is one of critical importance to the country as a whole. Let me start off wi