Mr. Chair, as we mentioned, Canada's investment is very small—about $1 million for three years. In comparison, the Critical Materials Institute in the United States is investing close to $120 million over the next five years. In Australia it's close to $80 million for the next three years. Although it sounds like a small investment, we are leveraging these funds from the work we're doing with the provinces and territories and through in-kind work with universities. But certainly the amount is not large enough to advance the completion of this initiative.
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