Big caribou-boo Well, I myself did not find the CC all that enlightening. I heard an awful lot of nervous "ums" and "uhs", etc. - nothing much that hasn't already been discussed here on the board and pretty much what you would expect from a management in the penalty box. Nonetheless, everyone should listen to the call and make up their own mind what - if anything - it all means.
What I have concluded (based on what litle we know for certain) is that this situation is probably way overblown and the mine is very likely to eventually get approval. It is simply what others here have stated: a power play, pure and simple.
The fact is, it is not in the interest of much of anybody to permanently block this project. Probably not even the caribou, if you consider what is likely to happen to them when climate change (or other non-mining related factors) adversely impact the natives' lifestyle and people are starving.