Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you for your question. What I meant by my comment that China is the major trade partner is that it's not just that Canada needs to think about its own trade interests with China, but that for every country in the Indo-Pacific, the major trading partner is China. Just as Ca

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you for the question. I don't think we have necessarily missed the boat, but there's a lot more we could be doing. We have sent some of our allies packing, telling them there's none left for them and we're not going to build additional infrastructure beyond what is coming.

Canada-China Relations committee  I know Korea was interested in the past. I don't know whether they've moved on at this point to seek it from others. These conversations come up, and I'm fortunate, being in Ottawa, that I'm regularly invited to speak with foreign diplomats here. The message they constantly rece

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members, for the invitation. As the committee considers Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy, I will focus my comments on the links between economics and security, particularly with respect to Canada's international trade interests in the region. En

Industry committee  Thanks for the question. I'm not an expert on IP beyond issues in international trade, where a number of countries are currently working on the improvement of intellectual property. We have this reflected in most of our trade agreements. In the new NAFTA, as well as TPP, we hav

Industry committee  Whether we should or shouldn't is something that I think deserves a lot of study. In the case of this particular mine in Argentina that was sold, as you intimated, part of the suggestion appeared to be that it was lithium carbonate rather than lithium hydroxide, and because this

Industry committee  That's correct.

Industry committee  No, I don't think I would. Circumstances vary, but we source lithium from outside Canada all the time.

Industry committee  I'd like to clarify that I'm here in a non-partisan capacity. I'm a published author in the area of national security reviews for critical minerals, so that is why I'm here today, as a professor of international trade, respected in my own right. On the issue of transparency, I

Industry committee  I don't think that I commented on my time working in the Prime Minister's Office, but yes, it's a matter of factual record that I previously served in the Prime Minister's Office of Stephen Harper. No, Mr. Fillmore, I can't comment. I do not know the answer to your question on t

Industry committee  Yes, I think we should be using the Investment Canada Act more broadly. I was surprised that the recent transaction was not subject to national security review, for the very reason that this was an extremely large transaction in a critical sector with a state-owned enterprise. I

Industry committee  I didn't see today's news, but it is certainly very important for Canada to consult with allies on major purchases. The United States is our closest trading partner and our historic ally. With the United States in particular, when it comes to critical minerals, there are a few

Industry committee  I am concerned. The issue I tried to touch on previously was that the United States, using section 301, takes a much broader view of national security than many countries do, and this is the reason for which Canada came under national security tariffs under the previous administr

Industry committee  It's never in Canada's interests for any country to have a dominant role in any supply chain, including in this area. Particularly because the sector is changing so much right now, there is lots of movement and many countries want a piece of this. There are a number of potential

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for the opportunity to be here today to speak with members of the committee. I have reviewed previous testimony to the committee, so I know that members are well versed on the importance of critical minerals to the 21st century and in powering th