Chappy, I have a lot of respect for your insights on CUU and I think you're a very valuable contributor to this board. As a hub leader, I understand you don't want to see the main forum being hijacked by political discussion.

However, it is a relevant topic. Don Lindsay, the man at the helm of the company that is poised to either back-in or buy out the Schaft Creek project, has made it an issue during his comments at Roundup in Vancouver.

These are Lindsay's words, as quoted in a Northern Miner article:

"We need a stable, competitive investment climate in order to have the confidence to explore for, develop, and commit the major investments needed to move these projects forward," Lindsay said. "I'm just going to say that one more time, given that we have an election coming up: we need a stable, competitive investment climate in order to commit the major investments needed to move our projects forward."

While a change of government in BC could be challenging for the province's miners and explorers, it would pale in comparison to some of the political curveballs thrown at mining companies in more exotic locales. Lindsay suggested that miners are increasingly concluding those curveballs make such jurisdictions simply not worth their potential rewards.

http://www.northernminer.com/news/roundup-2013-tecks-don-lindsay-sees-bright-future-for-careful-miners/1002039445/

If Lindsay spoke openly about hurdles with environmental regulations or about objections by First Nations, then we would discuss it openly. I think it's fair game to have a dialogue here about what an NDP government might do that could obstruct the mining industry in B.C.