I am delighted to have been invited back to join a distinguished faculty of speakers this week at Insight’s 5th Annual Ontario Mining Forum in Thunder Bay.

The conference will be held at the Valhalla Inn on June 17 and 18, 2015. I hope to see you there.

I will be speaking on day two of the conference, in the session:  Ensuring Smart Environmental and Regulatory Safeguards in Order to Uncover the Economic Potential of Northern Ontario. I am pleased to be sharing the session with David Brown, who is a Principal at Golder Associates. Our topics include:

• Federal Environmental Assessment under CEAA 2012
• Provincial jurisdiction
  • provincial EA and other legislation
  • the Grassy Narrows Case
• The Ring of Fire
• The Far North Act
• Renewal of Ontario’s minerals development policy

For further details about the conference and registration please click here