Translation of "Area for exploration " (English → French) :

(13a) Any cooperation in the area of exploration, extraction and exploitation of Greenland natural resources, in particular minerals, oil and gas, should observe the highest safety, social and environmental standards and strict environmental management criteria in order to guarantee a sustainable use of resources and preserve the valuable though fragile ecosystem of the Arctic.

(Return tabled) Question No. 851 Hon. Denis Coderre: With regard to the government's lifting of the protected area designation of the Edehzhie area of the Northwest Territories, were any Members of Parliament, cabinet ministers, parliamentary secretaries, deputy ministers, director generals, or members of cabinet ministers' staff or parliamentary secretaries' staff lobbied by, or did they communicate in any way with, Olivut Investments, Lani Keough or any agents or lobbyists acting on behalf of either Olivut Investments or Lani Keough about opening the Edehzhie Candidate Protected Area for exploration or mining development?

11. Highlights the potential of the outermost regions, which form part of the global dimension of the Atlantic Strategy, as testing grounds for the sustainable management of oceans, seas and coastal areas; stresses that their location provides an opportunity for exploration and experimentation in the areas of marine energy, combating climate change, food security, protecting biodiversity, promoting aquaculture, and exploring biote ...[+++]chnologies and minerals; calls, therefore, for the outermost regions, given their specific characteristics, to be taken into account in the development of maritime and air transport;

In order to protect and encourage exploration investments, exploration permits should be granted for a limited volume area and for a period of up to three years, renewable for further periods of up to three years, for as long as is necessary to carry out the activities for which the exploration permit is granted, during which time the holder of the permit should have the sole right to explore the potential CO2 storage complex.

It has to be ensured, however, that this will be without prejudice to Commission Decisions 93/676/EEC of 10 December 1993 establishing that the exploitation of geographical areas for the purpose of exploring for or extracting oil or gas does not constitute in the Netherlands an activity defined by Article 2(2)(b)(i) of Council Directive 90/531/EEC and that entities carrying on such an activity are not to be considered in the Netherlands as operating under special or exclusive rights within the meaning of Article 2(3)(b) of the Directive and 97/367/EC of 30 May 1997 establishing that the exploitation of geographical ...[+++]areas for the purpose of exploring for or extracting oil or gas does not constitute in the United Kingdom an activity defined by Article 2(2)(b)(i) of Council Directive 93/38/EEC and that entities carrying on such an activity are not to be considered in the United Kingdom as operating under special or exclusive rights within the meaning of Article 2(3)(b) of the Directive .

As a result of these challenges, we need an enhanced commitment from the federal government especially in the area of exploration stimulation which will attract sufficient levels of exploration investment to ensure that the economic growth rate and the level of Canadian mineral reserves will not continue to decline.