Thank you, Mr. Chair, for your generosity.
Mr. Ferron, I consider northern Canada, including northern Quebec, of course, to be the “Klondike” of the world in terms of rare earths and our wide variety of mines, some of which are in production, while others have the potential to be. It is extraordinary.
We have already talked about this: setting up a mine in Quebec would take seven to ten years. It must be the same elsewhere in Canada.
With regard to the important metals we are talking about, for example, lithium—I believe phosphate was also mentioned—do you believe that we can reduce the time it takes to set up mines while obviously respecting all the First Nations on your territories?