Critical minerals strategy key to strengthening our global leadership and economic security

Canada’s Critical Minerals Strategy will help advance the development of critical mineral resources and value chains to power the green and digital economy at home and around the world.
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson speaks with reporters on his way into the Liberal caucus meeting in West Block on Feb. 9, 2022. It is increasingly vital to economic growth, peace, and security in Canada that we build a domestic supply chain and protect our critical minerals from exploitation to avoid an electric energy vulnerability, writes John Aldag.
A few months ago, I wrote about how our government was developing a critical minerals strategy. This strategy will support an end-to-end supply chain in Canada. Critical minerals, electric batteries, and electric vehicles are a part of Canada’s 2050 net-zero future, and our economic future. Develo...

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