Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for their opening testimonies.
Mr. Gratton, Canada has one of the strongest mineral endowments in the world. We produce more than 60 minerals and metals, and we have many of the critical minerals that many of our allies require and depend on. The question is whether we can get them out of the ground fast enough and to market in due course.
Are lengthy approval timelines in the mining sector now a competitive problem for the industry writ large?