The Panel concurs with the statement in the EIS that certain features of the profile of Project activity over time differentiate it from other resource projects with which the north has experience. The profile of activity for open-pit diamond mining would have a less pronounced peak of initial construction activity and a more substantial and protracted period of operation activity.
Toutefois, depuis que la rédaction de I’EIS, des modifications ont été apportées aux ententes de financement préétablies entre les gouvernements.