Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to ask Mr. Gratton and Mr. London a question. I hope that they can hear me clearly on the interpretation channel. Any time Quebec's mining sector is mentioned, what comes to everyone's mind is the iron ore mines from which the Duplessis government was sending Quebec's iron to the United States for a penny a ton. That's our history, and perhaps the shock and the trauma in Quebec lives on when the mining industry is mentioned.
It makes clear to us the great importance of added value, of secondary and tertiary processing. With critical minerals, my impression is that our interests lie in developing clusters around new technologies and batteries. But are we doing enough of that?
So I would like to ask you whether, in your opinion, the federal government has any helpful strategies for secondary and tertiary processing, for added value? If not, what in your opinion should be done to prevent the critical minerals here from simply being exported for processing?