Critical minerals: an opportunity for Canada and the Red River Métis

Indigenous governments must have opportunities to participate across the entire value chain, from extraction and processing to transportation and trade.

Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney. Too often, Indigenous involvement is treated as a consultation formality rather than as a meaningful partnership from the start, writes Peter Fleming. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PETER FLEMING

February 25, 2026

As global supply chains shift and trade tensions with the United States continue, critical minerals have become a central part of Canada’s economic and trade strategy. Nickel, copper, lithium, graphite, platinum, zinc, and potash are essential to clean energy technologies,...

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