Canada unveils new critical minerals strategy eyeing ‘generational opportunity’ – National | Globalnews.ca: Canada has a new plan to spend billions on boosting its critical minerals
sector amid a “generational opportunity” to secure the supply chains
that will power everything from electric vehicles to solar panels and
wind turbines.

The federal government unveiled its roadmap Friday that focuses on
driving exploration and building sustainable infrastructure in order to
avoid the economic risks that come from relying on international
partners that don’t share common values, alluding to the challenges
facing European allies struggling with Russia’s weaponization of energy
supplies.

Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson
said the strategy – backed by nearly $4 billion in the 2022 federal
budget – will help create jobs across the country and grow the economy.

Wilkinson called it a “roadmap to making Canada a clean energy and technology supplier of choice in a net-zero world.”