It sets the stage across the country for job creation, economic growth, the advancement of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples and close cooperation with Canada’s allies - all in line with Canadian and international climate and nature protection objectives. This Strategy, backed by nearly $4 billion in Budget 2022, sets out a course for Canada to become a global supplier of choice for critical minerals and the clean digital technologies they enable. Now, I am pleased to release Canada’s Critical Minerals Strategy. The government has also published the list of 31 minerals that Canada considers “critical” to signal to domestic and international investors where we will focus our efforts, and we have signed cooperation agreements with allies to advance this work together. We have invested in businesses and workers along the critical minerals value chain, such as the world’s most sustainable potash mine in Saskatchewan, mining of rare earth elements in the Northwest Territories and electric vehicle assembly in Quebec. The Government of Canada has worked to build on these advantages in the past several years. We are also home to almost half of the world’s publicly listed mining and mineral exploration companies, with a presence in more than 100 countries and a combined market capitalization of $520 billion. It is also important that we partner with Indigenous peoples - including ensuring that long-term benefits flow to Indigenous communities.Ĭanada is in the extremely fortunate position of possessing significant amounts of many of the world’s most critical minerals as well as the workers, businesses and communities that know how to scale up our exploration, extraction, processing, manufacturing and recycling of those minerals.Ĭanada is a world leader in environmental, social and governance standards with respect to mining, with Canadian industry advancing important initiatives such as Towards Sustainable Mining. It is therefore paramount for countries around the world to establish and maintain resilient critical minerals value chains that adhere to the highest ESG standards. Indium and tellurium are integral to solar panel manufacturing. Electric vehicles require batteries made with lithium, cobalt and nickel and magnets. Wind turbines need manganese, platinum and rare earth magnets. The sun provides raw energy, but electricity flows through copper. There is no energy transition without critical minerals: no batteries, no electric cars, no wind turbines and no solar panels. This federal government is committed to seizing this opportunity in a way that benefits every region across the country.Ĭritical minerals are the building blocks for the green and digital economy. Canada’s European allies have recently experienced the consequences of dependence upon non-like-minded countries for strategic commodities such as oil and gas, and there is a strong desire to avoid similar vulnerabilities in emerging markets such as critical minerals.Ĭritical minerals present a generational opportunity for Canada in many areas: exploration, extraction, processing, downstream product manufacturing and recycling. Just as any successful business must be capable of interpreting and reacting to changes in the business environment, countries must also be capable of thoughtful response and action to sustain and enhance their level of prosperity.Īs the world moves toward a lower-carbon economy, a key question on which we must collectively focus is how to build on Canada’s comparative advantages in a manner that will create jobs, economic opportunity and prosperity.Ĭoncurrently, geopolitical dynamics and skyrocketing demand have strained value chains, which are essential to the global energy transition. Smart money is flowing away from assets that are not compatible with a transition to a net-zero world and toward opportunities that are. Ministers’ forewords Foreword from the Minister of Natural Resourcesįinancial markets around the world are increasingly pricing climate risk into investment decisions.
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