Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I thank all of you again for coming here today.
I have more of a philosophical question, and it's for Mr. Adams and Mr. Breton. I don't need a long answer.
If we look at what it takes to manufacture an electric vehicle, whether it is with lithium, cobalt, nickel or copper.... These are all precious minerals. We have the mining capacity to do this in an environmentally sustainable way, yet we're importing these products.
For our own defence capacity and national security, could this not be a way of incentivizing other industries, to make sure we protect our national security?