Witnesses that have appeared before the Committee to date include the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the Department of Natural Resources, the Canadian International Development Agency, Export Development Canada, the Mining Association of Canada, and Mining Watch Canada as well as various other non-governmental organizations.
We want the stuff as consumers, but we want it done in the way (that is) least damaging to the environment while maximizing the benefits for communities," Julie Gelfand, vice president of sustainable development at the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) MAC developed the Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) initiative, beginning in 1999 to improve the environmental and social performance of the industry, Gelfand said.
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Phil Fontaine and Jim Cowans, chair of the Mining Association of Canada (MAC), signed a Memorandum of Understanding March 9 that will see the mining industry strengthen its engagement with First Nations economies creating employment and business opportunities.
The trout lethality test requirement also concerns mining companies, says Elizabeth Gardiner, vice president of technical affairs for the Mining Association of Canada, because the industry hasn't found a way to consistently identify what in a given batch of effluent might cause the lethality test to fail.
O`Rourke has served as a director of the Mining Association of Canada (1987-1990), the Vancouver Board of Trade (1990) and Chairman (1992) and Director (1987-Present) of the British Columbia Mining Association.
It is the product of a partnership among the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, the Mining Association of Canada (MAC), the Canadian Aboriginal Minerals Association and the federal government.
The Prospectors and Developers Association, the Mining Association of Canada, various provincial organizations and Mines Ministers from across the country are a united front in promoting programs and initiatives that will put the sparkle back in mining.
