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APRIL 2014
ing PDAC President Rod Thomas, took before
400 delegates for a Q&A session and discussed
all quandaries -- speaking of everything from
new infrastructure projects in remote regions,
the federal governments recently announced
$14 billion infrastructure fund, and efforts to
improve First Nations relations affected by
projects close to their communities. “Govern-
ments in Canada have been slow to recognize
the era in which we are now living. This is a
systemic challenge and a systemic problem,”
Harper told the conference.
The 82
nd
PDAC Show harboured 30, 000 at-
tendees – an upward hike from last year’s
modest 28, 000 attendees - and was alive and
active. Booths exhibiting investors, service
providers, financial consultants, junior minors,
prospectors and associations filled the capac-
ity and spectators enthusiastically hovered
from booth to booth.
The set-up of the conference was divided
according to province and showcased the
strengths of each area. Reporting from New-
