To start, I think Canada has a significant advantage in that it does host a vast majority of the critical rare earth element oxides, notably the heavy rare earth. Obviously from the U.S. government's standpoint, they're looking at the development of a hub or a North American silo rare earth supply chain. Obviously Canada has something to offer the United States operators in that the U.S. does have rare earth resources, but they're generally devoid of heavy rare earths, whereas the advanced projects in Canada tend to be quite nicely endowed in the heavy earth.
On February 25th, 2014. See this statement in context.