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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
 
Meeting No. 27
 
Thursday, February 16, 2012
 

The Standing Committee on Natural Resources met at 8:47 a.m. this day, in Room 268, La Promenade Building, the Vice-Chair, Claude Gravelle, presiding.

 

Members of the Committee present: Mike Allen, David Anderson, Leon Benoit, Blaine Calkins, Joe Daniel, Royal Galipeau, Claude Gravelle, David J. McGuinty, Kennedy Stewart and Brad Trost.

 

Acting Members present: Bruce Hyer for François Lapointe and John Rafferty for Anne-Marie Day.

 

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Jean-Luc Bourdages, Analyst.

 

Witnesses: Noront Resources Ltd.: Wes Hanson, President and Chief Executive Officer; Olya Yousefi, Manager, Corporate Communication. MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd.: Kirk McKinnon, President and Chief Executive Officer. AurCrest Gold Inc.: Ian A. Brodie-Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer. Marten Falls First Nation: Chief Elijah Moonias. City of Greater Sudbury: David Kilgour, Councillor; Ian Wood, Director, Economic Development.

 
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on September 26, 2011, the Committee resumed its study on resource development in Northern Canada.
 

Wes Hanson made a statement.

 

At 8:50 a.m., Leon Benoit took the Chair.

 

Kirk McKinnon, Ian A. Brodie-Brown, Elijah Moonias and David Kilgour made statements and, with Wes Hanson, answered questions.

 

At 10:44 a.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

 



Rémi Bourgault
Clerk of the Committee

 
 
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