Page 10 cial benef ts for the communities It also promotes engaging a more di verse population in mining By 2020 the CMMP calls for the development of local procurement lists By 2025 educational programs should be in place to help attract and retain talent for future mining By 2030 the CMMP wants to achieve a diverse workforce that includes up to 30 percent wom en in mining Global Leadership The CMMP envisions Canada as a global leader in mining with a sharp ened competive edge T o achieve this Canada will expand on its brand as the best national mining brand with a reputation for responsible min ing practices It will promote the min ing supply and services sector as the strongest in the world Foreign direct investment will be encouraged to help invest in future mining projects In 2020 a national mining brand will be introduced Also by 2020 a gov ernmentindustry strategy on mining supply and services will be unveiled In 2025 a responsible mining pro gram at home and abroad will be in troduced How the CMMP was Developed The CMMP has been developed over the last couple of years with the participation of all provincial and ter ritorial mining ministries mining as sociations mining companies First Nations the mining supply and ser vices sector and other key partici pants in mining Consultations have included groups as diverse as innovation experts In digenous Peoples nongovernmen tal organizations private companies industry associations and youth generated hundreds of ideas were generated and conf rmed that Cana dians value the role that mining plays in our economy and in our daily lives Mining Association of Canada The Mining Association of Canada MAC welcomes the new Canadian Minerals and Metals Plan CMMP as a milestone initiative in support of Canada s minerals and metals in dustry The CMMP which includes measures that aim to enhance the sector s competitiveness advance the participation of Indigenous com munities and promote Canada s role as a global leader in the mining sec tor is an ambitious plan and provides vision that will position the industry for success in the years to come While much needs to be done to bol ster the sector s domestic and inter national leadership the good news is that Canada already has strong building blocks in place and the com mitments in the CMMP are encour aging concluded Pierre Gratton Pres CEO of MAC The federal Fall Economic Statement which includ ed a f veyear renewal of the METC and enhanced accelerated capital cost treatment for resource projects was an early example of actions that would make a material dif erence to Canada s competitiveness The governments of Newfoundland and Labrador and British Columbia have already announced new measures to support investment in their min ing industries and we look forward to seeing the full implementation of federal provincial and territorial Ac tion Plans in the coming months Ontario and Saskatchewan Oppose the CMMP T wo provinces Ontario and Sas katchewan oppose the CMMP and they issued a joint news release to explain their reasons While Ontario and Saskatchewan agreed with some of the elements covered in the CMMP they believe this plan failed to specif cally address economic and competitiveness chal lenges and it failed to send a strong message to investors around the world that Canada is prepared to take real action to support our min ing sector Ontario and Saskatchewan also challenged the federal government s climate change reduction plan that is endorsed in the CMMP The mining industry is concerned about how misguided federal policy will stand in the way of progress En ergyintensive sectors such as min ing are at great risk of suf ering from skyrocketing energy costs Energy markets need to be sustain able and reliable Ontario fought to scrap the capandtrade carbon tax program lifting a signif cant burden of the backs of Ontario s manufac turers and reversing the course of OPPOSITION Contd on pg 10 Contd from pg 6