Canada needs strong principles to make sense of the critical minerals boom

To develop modern energy and transportation solutions, we need a modern approach to deciding where and when mineral development makes sense.

Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and the Liberal government should fully integrate a social justice perspective to ensure the old pattern of disadvantaged communities bearing disproportionate costs while privileged communities reap the benefits is changed for the better, write Janet Sumner, Barbara Steinhoff, and Tim Gray.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JANET SUMNER, BARBARA STEINHOFF, TIM GRAY

October 11, 2023

Not since the Klondike gold rush has there been such feverish anticipation of a mineral bonanza as there is today around critical minerals in Canada.

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