I appreciate that.
Mr. Wark, it's good to see you again. The last time we engaged with one another, I think we were setting up a national security committee, which, unfortunately, was recently deconstructed.
When we look at this particular transaction, I'm not so sure, based on what Mr. Volpe has said, that it clearly touches our economic security. It depends, really, on what the critical minerals strategy is, I think, and it depends upon location. It depends upon the kind of lithium and it depends upon how we can add value, to Mr. Tsafos's point, into the supply chain, and what role Canada is going to play. It may well be the case—and I do take the point—that there is a need for a broader strategy.
In this particular case, I think your main criticism was that more time should have been taken and we should have been more thoughtful and clearer about the strategy. I guess my question is, what more did we need to know?
We know the kind of lithium and that it's less strategic. We know that location does matter; that is the evidence from Mr. Volpe. We know that it's a publicly traded company, although a major shareholder is a state-controlled enterprise. What more do we need to know to make this decision? If the national security agency has done an enhanced review and is saying there's no need to proceed further, we'll hear more tomorrow or Friday, I think, on that particular question. Help me to ask those questions when we get the officials in. What more should have been asked? What more should we know?