When critical minerals meet critical infrastructure gaps in Canada

Lack of transportation infrastructure limits the ability to get critical minerals out of Canada, and even across provinces and territories.

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said 'critical minerals represent a generational economic opportunity for Canada,' and that 'Canada is building on its global leadership in the mining industry to seize this opportunity.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY BRYAN N. DETCHOU AND KAREN SWAGER

November 13, 2023

We have an abundance of untapped critical minerals deposits in Canada—namely the 31 minerals identified by the government as essential to our net-zero transition and food and economic security. But in a country as vast as Canada, these minerals are rarely located near high...

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