Maturity management: A new mineral policy for Canada |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute for Public Policy and Governance, Centre for Local Government, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, Ultimo, New South Wales 2007, Australia;2. Centre for Local Government, University of New England, Trevenna Rd, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales 2351, Australia;3. Cooperative Research Centre for Remote Economic Participation, UNE Business School, Trevenna Rd, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales 2351, Australia;1. Mining Engineering Department, Universidad de Chile, Beauchef 850, Santiago, Chile;2. Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Department, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St, Golden, CO, 80401, United States |
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| Abstract: | A new mineral policy began to emerge in the early 1980s in Canada. Both its goals and instruments are detailed and contrasted with the goals and instruments of previous mineral policies. It is suggested that the two major types of policy instruments of the 1980s are productivity management (especially R & D and innovation) and synergy management (the achievement of external economies, especially via procurement, regional and trade instruments). The mining industry's rapid adjustment to the brutal competitive realities of the 1980s in cutting costs and increasing productivity—a model of industrial restructuring—is discussed in relation to emerging trends in taxation, including the possibly fruitless search for a ‘neutral’ tax system. |
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