Thank you for the question.
There is a chapter in the defence industrial strategy on supply chains, which in some measure also answers Mr. Simard's question. I expect Kendal will want to add to this.
As we begin to unpack the sovereign capabilities and look at what it means to build-partner-buy in order to deliver an advantage for the Canadian Armed Forces, or an industrial advantage, we notice that a lot of materials science is coming to bear to give us the chance to do experimental things, for example, or to try to marry up the needs of the armed forces with the production capabilities of industry.
I will take the opportunity to highlight that we have already announced and stockpiled scandium and graphite. Those were the first two examples of some work we did together with NRCan on the critical minerals strategy implementation that lined up very much with the defence industrial strategy. As you know, in NATO, we are mapping the supply chain. We agreed on a project at NATO last year at the summit. I would expect more work to come out this year at the NATO summit.
Altogether, this amounts to reducing our dependence on foreign suppliers and doing more to increase our resilience with respect to our own supply chain. This work is just starting, and I can see it going in big directions.
I'll turn to Kendal.