Exactly. I didn't have time to continue on with my discussion about critical minerals.
There are several things. On the one hand, critical minerals are really Canada's space to shine, especially in the Arctic and in the North American Arctic. We have what the world wants. That is something where we have a lot of leverage in terms of the United States.
Personally, I was a bit shocked that there doesn't seem to be a lot of backlash that the Pentagon right now is very interested in helping invest in Canada's critical minerals. As you say, supply chains won't be going to Beijing, maybe Detroit, but shouldn't Canada have the opportunity and the ability to decide where its supply chains will be built and where they go?
The United States is a very strong partner and is going to be a very strong partner in this space; however, I think that Canada needs to make sure that it's doing everything to protect its national interests in this area to make sure that it's giving itself the ability to decide for itself the direction and the future of its critical minerals economy.
This is absolutely about national security. There's a whole linkage with infrastructure and everything else. If you look at the critical mineral strategy, a big piece of this is that we need to build infrastructure around it. This is where the north becomes a real potential security risk if we don't get it right and we don't take it seriously. Others will come in, and they will fill the gap if we're not ahead of the game.