Member for kootenai east well. Thank you, mr speaker, and I want to thank the member before me for speaking to something that I get excited about. As in my introductions as the critic for energy minds and low carbon innovation. This is indeed my favorite day of the year mining day here in bc.

One of the cornerstones, our provincial economy, is indeed the mining industry employs over 30 000 british columbians directly and hundreds of thousands more indirectly at the recent 2021 ame roundup, co-chairman of ivanhoe mines, robert friedland made some interesting comments. Mr friedland predicted that a phenomenon he described only as revenge of the miners would come soon to british columbia. Mining is seeing a big comeback. Investment that once fled the industry is now back with determination.

Mr speaker, I've heard some members in this house declare that mining is a sunset industry. They say the new tech economy will lead the charge. However, people are starting to realize, like the member previous to me, that these disruptive technologies rely heavily on metals and minerals at the risk of making a pun. Mr speaker, could it be correct to say that the nickel has finally dropped if we are to invest in a green economy and electrification?

Then, before the end of the decade, some 100 trillion dollars globally may be invested and metals and minerals will be at the center of this shift. But we need to be competitive with the rest of the world on carbon liquid leakage. Otherwise our competition could benefit those other jurisdictions which is rightfully ours. On this day, the mining world would like us to consider four main points one. I changed the carbon tax to level the playing field for bc mining, so it protects both the environment and jobs.

Two action to improve the clarity, predictability and timeline timeliness of bc's regulatory framework for bc, mining, three, sustainable and consistent funding to earth sciences to in order to advance knowledge, inform responsible development, encourage investment and stimulate innovation and four for government to assist in reducing the stigma of mining and to see it as the responsible sunrise industry once again to the mabc ame geoscience bc. The stone sand and gravel association of bc, our chamber of mines and every person or company that relies on mining have a happy mining day.