News Release: The Canadian mining industry supports federal government's new trade strategy

"The Canadian mining industry welcomes the new Global Markets Action Plan and we look forward to working with the Government of Canada to implement it, particularly the development of the Extractive Sector Strategy," said Pierre Gratton, MAC's President and CEO. "A comprehensive trade strategy that focuses on priority markets with significant opportunities for Canadian business is critical for Canada to compete against other countries for highly-coveted mining investment and will help give our companies an edge in accessing capital and mineral resources globally."