Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  I could start on that. I'll pitch this to you, because you come from Sudbury, which is a totally integrated.... It is one of the four city-states of metal mining in the world. I'll tell you what the others are, if you like. There's big-time mining and there's big-time mining s

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  My association, CAMESE, has certainly given out information about it to member companies through our bulletins and so on. I was talking to one company last week that's considering using it, but I don't have any statistics about that.

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  I might answer from the perspective of a geophysicist. I am an “explorer“ by profession. Canada is a major prospecting country. We have a huge land mass and our geology is conducive to mineral deposits. We only have to find them. Canada is among the five or ten largest producers

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  There is definitely a future. I have lived through the cycles since the 70s. In almost 40 years, there have been four cycles. This is standard in my industry. As mining suppliers and as mining companies, we know how to survive such downturns. The issue is what will be our capacit

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  I am happy you understood so well what I said. Your list is exactly what I said in English.

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  It deals with corporate social responsibility, CSR in English. In terms of oil and gas extraction and mining, Canada has a presence throughout the world, in over 100 countries. As a government and as an industry, we must ensure that Canadian companies respect the local people, th

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  Perhaps I can add just quickly to the exploration and trade issue. In exploration, there's not a level playing field with China. Canadian junior companies, as they go around the world, are getting turned off on China, because the rules are not fair. It's the same, by the way, in

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  I'll lead off, and Paul no doubt has some comments. In 2004 a report was published by the government indicating that 1.9% of GDP in Canada is spent on R and D; 50% of it comes from government. The numbers in the mining industry are that the industry does its part: $40 million or

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  I'm done on exploration. Is it all right if I give you two minutes on mining supply?

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  I'll try.

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  Okay. Mining supply is the upstream part of the mining industry. It's a very different case from that in most other industries. It's a great strength of the industy. It's something that creates more jobs than mining itself—in fact, far more jobs. I can give you some statistics o

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  Good morning, Mr. Chairman and members. I'm very happy to be invited here as part of the mining team. Just by way of introduction, I am pleased to say that I was born in Chatham, Ontario. I lived in Montreal long enough to learn French. I will be making my presentation in Eng

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  I used to be, but then they sold him. I'm pleased to be here representing two organizations. I manage the Canadian Association of Mining Equipment and Services for Export, which is known as CAMESE. It's an organization of 300 companies that all sell to the mining industry and ar