Minister vows Canada is ready to become ‘reliable’ critical minerals provider
to its international allies including Japan, a senior official said, as the Group of Seven countries deem such minerals essential for climate goals and energy security.
“We view this resource has been very strategic, not only from an economic point of view, but also from a security point of view,” Canada’s minister of environment and climate change The April 15-16 meeting in Sapporo, part of Japan’s G7 presidency this year, will discuss the growing importance of critical minerals for the clean energy transition and the need to prevent economic and security risks caused by vulnerable supply chains and monopolization, among other topics, the latest draft communique seen by Reuters showed.
Last year, Canada asked three Chinese companies to sell their stakes in Toronto-listed lithium explorers following a national security review.Guilbeault said this was for “strategic security reasons.”
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