I participated in your colleague Minister Ng's mission to Washington on this issue. I can tell you that the context surrounding the Build Back Better Act still makes us nervous about the situation and about the Americans' real will to collaborate.
That said, the value and the money are essentially in the final and commercial product, such as the purchase of electric vehicles. In the plan you developed jointly with the United States, what is the positioning of the value chain of lithium mines, especially those in Abitibi‑Témiscamingue? Can processing be ensured close to the resource?
There was the example of the town of Cobalt, which is located in the riding between [technical difficulties]. It's not enough to mine minerals; we must be able to develop our regions and occupy our land.