Canadian ownership is critical if we are to prosper from minerals strategy

Some degree of long-term public equity may be the only answer if we want to ensure that a reasonable share of our mining sector is Canadian-owned, and that younger Canadian companies don’t have to feel that selling is their only option.

Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson described critical minerals as presenting a 'generational opportunity for Canada.' But Canadian ownership will be necessary if we want to retain some of the profitable wealth from our own natural resources, writes David Crane.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade.

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

April 24, 2023

TORONTO–The unfriendly bid by Switzerland-based mining giant Glencore to acquire Teck Resources, one of Canada’s last mining giants that is still Canadian-controlled, raises an important question for the Trudeau government: with a number of global mining giants to make ...

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