First of all, Canada is recognized around the world for its state-of-the-art mining expertise. We work everywhere around the world. We are highly versatile. There are therefore no concerns from that standpoint. We have no difficulty operating mines ourselves.
We need to integrate so that we can work towards producing value-added products, whether hydroxide, carbonate or graphite, which is the raw material that goes into anode manufacturing. Indeed, graphite is only the starting point. It needs to be processed before it can be transformed to make the anode. Most of that is currently being done in China, even though we have the expertise needed to do it here. North American Lithium has just been sold to the Australians, even though a processing plant had just been installed right beside it and never put into operation. There is no doubt at all that we have the required expertise.
That's where the Canadian government could provide support, particularly in the form of financing loans. Internationally, the French have a development agency and provide lots of support. The Chinese have a lot of support mechanisms. So do the Americans. We have Export Development Canada, the EDC, which is often overcautious. If the government were to support secondary processing, the expertise would definitely be there, from the mine to primary and secondary processing. We could then allow battery manufacturers to come and set up shop here, and then automobile manufacturers could decide whether or not they wanted to build plants. However, the first step is required, because that's what will determine the eventual direction taken.
Europeans are on a war footing at the moment, particularly in Germany, in a quest for raw materials to process at home in Europe for use in vehicle manufacturing. We need to do what the Europeans are doing.