Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for bringing this matter to the House today. There is something interesting about the fact that the Conservatives are focusing on sustainable development issues. That being said, I am nonetheless concerned about happens in the future. I want to highlight recommendation 10:
That the Government of Canada integrate its support for clean technology within all existing federal strategies, such as the Critical Minerals Strategy, the National Housing Strategy and the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, prioritizing the objectives of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and fostering the development of sustainable jobs.
I want to talk about strategic critical minerals, because I think they are the key to successful transportation electrification, and I am very concerned about the Canadian strategy. We see what is happening with the U.S. There is one active lithium mine in Canada, and it is in my riding. How are we supposed to develop our products and potentially sell them to the U.S. unless we speed up the creation of lithium mines or mines to extract other clean technology minerals?
Most importantly, we must encourage local processing, close to the mines, in order to help our resource regions. To me, that is part of a real strategy. Do the Conservatives support that?