Madam Chair, I think everyone knows that phosphate is a highly critical mineral for the development of the battery industry, for the energy transition and for energy storage.
When we look at the minerals in the strategy, we see that a number of them have various possible uses. As a result, if we're going to treat all these minerals equally in terms of a specific energy transition strategy, we continue to believe that phosphate must be included.
What's more, major phosphate extraction and processing projects, which are mostly in Quebec, will be devoted almost exclusively to the energy transition. The measure's objective, of course, is to stimulate the development of new projects to advance this transition.
With all due respect to my colleague Mr. Leitão, I think the government's argument is a bit exaggerated.