Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank the witnesses for their wonderful presentations.
Obviously, I'm going to start with Mr. Plante, from the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, or UQAT.
In his mandate letter, Minister François-Philippe Champagne is tasked with ensuring “that Canada is a world leader in clean technology, with a focus on critical minerals and the development of a sustainable battery innovation and industrial ecosystem”.
How does the partnership-based work you and the university are doing help to achieve that goal?