In my opinion, to have true added value, we have to develop our own chain, as I was saying earlier. So we have to start from the mine and green the process. It's important for the government to invest in innovation and modernization and carbon recovery for each stage of processing, and to ensure that travel and transportation are limited in all of this.
There are also investments that can mitigate the risk of dependence on external supply chains. We know that lithium and production activities at the various stages of the battery chain that will be produced here will probably have a better carbon footprint and a better environmental footprint, and that they will enable us to get a quicker return on our investments.
Do you think the current policy incentives or investments are sufficient to accelerate the creation of small- and medium-sized businesses or companies that would like to develop stages in the supply chain? Do you feel that the federal government is a reliable partner at this time?