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Issues and Advocacy
• PDAC pre-budget submission (December
2008)
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• PDAC submission to Canada’s Mines Ministers
(September 2008)
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French
• PDAC President’s message to members on the January 2009
Canadian Budget Click here
Over the years the advocacy role of the Prospectors
and Developers Association of Canada has grown substantially. The
association has been called upon to represent the industry on a wide
range of issues of importance to its members and the mineral exploration
sector, including access to land, mining and securities regulations,
Aboriginal affairs, corporate social responsibility, finance and
taxation, geosciences, environmental issues, and health and safety.
In July 2007, the PDAC board of directors approved
a new five-year strategic plan containing four priority areas. These include land
access and Aboriginal issues, particularly the settling of land claims
and building industry-community relationships. That concern was
reflected in the signing in March 2008 of a Memorandum of Understanding
between the PDAC and the Assembly of First Nations.
A second priority is to meet the human resources
challenge facing the industry, and particularly to attract students to
exploration careers. An important initiative coming out of this is
the annual two-week Student-Industry Mineral Exploration Workshop, which
was launched in 2007.
The strategic plan also identifies the PDAC’s
international role as a priority, especially meeting the needs of
international delegates to the convention and offering services to
international members.
The final priority is to expand the PDAC’s work in
corporate social responsibility. At its 2009, the association launched
e3 Plus: A Framework for Responsible Exploration to help exploration
companies continuously improve their social and environmental
performance.
March 2009
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