A view on Canada, Doug Silver (on Kitco) "Silver noted that Canada developed a lot of the laws, regulations and frameworks for mining that were then exported around the world.
"You're in Canada. You follow all the Canadian laws, and then you go to a lesser developed economy where they don't have any of these laws, particularly environmental laws. Are you going to behave differently? Of course not. Your shareholders would crucify you. They naturally want you to be consistent across all your properties," said Silver. "You bring Canadian practices to that country, and if the practices do a good job, those practices will spread...making those country more transparent."