Thank you for your question, Mr. Simard. Your questions are important ones.
Basically, here, we are working on the strategy for the chain with our provincial and territorial colleagues. We have to work from exploration to mine development, to refinery processing, and to development, as Pierre Gratton mentioned. We are working with our partners.
As always, in Canada and in the North American context, there is integration among provinces. Some mines in Quebec are processing the products of mining. In Ontario, processing is done in order to create products for export to the United States. In return, we get things like automobiles and other forms of transportation. So everything really is integrated.
It is important to create a demand for some products and to hold strategic discussions among provinces and our North American partners to study, look for and perhaps identify significant chains. So we are working with the United States on batteries for electric vehicles. We are also working on semiconductors for computers and the advancement of technologies. We are also working on advanced technologies in healthcare.
So, in the course of our discussions with our partners, we have found that in some significant areas—