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Geosciences • Issues & AdvocacyPage Index The Geoscience Committee, chaired by Richard Moore of Vismand Exploration Inc., works on issues that encourage and support mineral exploration activities in Canada. The committee serves as a forum for discussion and the development of policies, positions and initiatives to be submitted for approval by the PDAC Board. The committee is supported by the PDAC’s Director, Sustainability. For more information, please contact Philip Bousquet. The Geoscience Committee has the following objectives:
The work of the committee is currently focused on the following issues:
Obtaining funding for geoscience mapping was a key objective of the PDAC’s 2006 Mines Ministers Brief, and a focus of association advocacy efforts during meetings with MPs and government officials in Ottawa during April and September 2006. Please see below for more details.
For the PDAC’s position on Professional Registration of Geoscientists click here. The PDAC supports the professional registration of geoscientists in Canada. The PDAC is working with affected individuals, organizations and governments to improve the system of registration and mobility for geoscientists in Canada. ‘Full mobility’ is interpreted to mean that a geoscientist who is registered in a Canadian jurisdiction, held accountable to a common code of ethics and subject to a disciplinary body following a common set of standards, would have the right to work in another Canadian jurisdiction without further application or notice. In early 2006, the PDAC commissioned the Institute On Governance (IOG) to conduct background research on the issue of the professional registration of geoscientists in Canada. The research papers are available for review and comment. The working paper summarizes the views of the regulatory organizations and proposes options for improving mobility and is available here. The survey report offers the views of practising geoscientists and is available here. Please contact Philip Bousquet pbousquet@pdac.ca for more details. In December 2006, the PDAC wrote to Premier Paul Okalik regarding the Nunavut Government's approach to the professional registration of geoscientists. Click here. In July 2007, the association invited geoscientists to sign a petition in favour of full mobility for geoscientists in Canada. The petition, which is in English and French, will be used to persuade ministers of labour and government decision-makers that action allowing for the mobility of geoscientists across Canada needs to be taken. The petition will also add to the growing evidence of geoscientist support for mobility and will complement other PDAC activities on this topic. The petition is here.
Canada has a continuing need for reliable geoscience knowledge relating to mineral, energy and groundwater resources. Geoscience knowledge is recognized by government and industry as a key competitive advantage, essential to maintaining Canada as a pre-eminent global destination for exploration investment. The PDAC’s Geoscience Committee has focused much of its attention on obtaining commitments from federal, provincial and territorial governments to establish adequate funding levels for government geoscience mapping programs. This topic, with the message that geoscience is an investment and not simply a government expenditure, has had a high profile at recent annual meetings of Canada’s mines ministers.
The Geoscience Committee supports renewal of the Cooperative Geological Mapping Strategy (CGMS), a ten-year plan that was approved by all of Canada’s mines ministers in 2000. This is an important Canadian geological mapping program that contributes to the public good through improved knowledge of our natural resources and sustainable economic development, particularly in remote and northern regions. The objective of the CGMS program is to improve the quality and extent of geological mapping in Canada, a need that has been recognized in the federal government’s Northern Strategy. Following the tabling of the federal budget on February 23, 2005, the PDAC publicly announced its surprise and disappointment that the federal government had failed to fund the mapping program. Inclusion of the federal component of this funding in the budget would have triggered commitments from the provincial governments to fund this mapping strategy. Renewal of the government’s commitment to geoscience by implementing the CGMS would involve a total investment of $25 million per year over ten years. The PDAC continues to encourage the federal government to consider the merits of this program and find the means to commit funds to its renewal. Obtaining funding for CGMS was a key objective of the PDAC’s 2006 Mines Ministers Brief, and a focus of association advocacy efforts during meetings with MPs and government officials in Ottawa during April and September 2006.
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