Developing our mining sector is a generational economic opportunity for Canada, from mining right through to processing. Critical minerals are a crucial part of our economic development.
We are lucky to find most of the minerals that are used to produce batteries in our country. We are pledging to continue to work with industry, the provinces and territories as well as indigenous communities to support the development of the battery sector in Canada. My colleague, Minister Champagne, has made a series of announcements over the past few months about the battery sector, in order to show the world that Canada not only has the capacity to mine critical minerals, but also to process them into final products.