The most important aspect of Bill C‑34 is the provision that allows the minister to extend the national security analysis period. In these matters, the agencies have a lot to look at. I believe that the guidelines we have come up with, meaning the four policies I previously announced, send a very clear signal to markets about critical minerals: we take this issue very seriously and allow acquisitions by state enterprises only in special cases, because we know that it's a key sector for Canada's economy and for several of its allies
We want to develop these resources and build our economy here. As I was explaining it earlier, what we want to do is not just mine and export natural resources. The idea is to mine them, refine them and keep the added value here in Canada. That's how we're going to go about building a strong economy.