Industry committee  I would add that the Chinese steel isn't as reliant on the recycling process as we are in Canada. We have really embraced it. What that basically means is that our production is about five times less, I think, greenhouse gas intensive overall than Chinese steel. Again, another i

Industry committee  This is a different part of the production processes. We use met coal and iron ore in a different type of facility from the electric arc furnace, but of course that's another factor in why we are so much better from a greenhouse gas perspective.

Industry committee  I would add to that if we really want to ensure that we capture value when we're recycling the materials at end of life, we should ensure that we're using the highest quality materials within it. We were talking about this in the prelude to our appearing here today, just on the m

Industry committee  I'm not sure what they would be doing on-site. That is maybe a really good question for the Canadian Association of Recycling Industries. From our vantage point, we would use that steel because you can melt down steel from anywhere and basically, through metallurgy, repurpose i

Industry committee  Do you want me to respond to that?

Industry committee  I would only add that, in steel, we need to choose our collaboration partners carefully, given the broader context that we have in steel around unfair trade and practices, which can apply to the supply of recycled input materials into our processes. As long as we're mindful of t

Industry committee  I can't speak to e-waste, but certainly what I can say is that you've made a very good point about research and development. There's been a lot of that, both private sector based and co-funded to support development. I'm going to keep my steel hat on, if you don't mind. I made

Industry committee  Thank you. Chair and members, thank you very much for the opportunity to appear here today to share the perspectives of Canadian steel producers on the recyclability of steel and the role that the steel industry plays in supporting a circular economy. To start, Canada's steel s

International Trade committee  I think it's crucial that we basically continue the journey of convincing the Americans—or not really convincing them but reminding them—that there's no better partner for them than Canada. We have the resources. We have the aluminum and steel. We have the energy. We have the tra

International Trade committee  We are extremely pleased that we've made the generational investments we've made, and there are more to come. Every steel company in Canada is looking to be net zero by 2050. It's a big stretch, so there will need to be more. I don't think we need to believe that the time horizon

International Trade committee  All I want to say is please don't stop at batteries. Consider the cars that are produced, the washing machines and everything else in steel. We recycle all of that. We could definitely benefit from that type of strategy.

International Trade committee  I can take this. We don't build new steel plants, unfortunately. Perhaps it would be great to do so. What we hear from people who supply to us is that the approvals process is highly problematic and takes decades. It needs to be reviewed for us to find the right balance among en

International Trade committee  Certainly, strategies need to evolve and keep pace. As I tried to reference in our remarks, we've seen a big shift. Something really big has happened with the IRA in the U.S., so we need to be very strategic in our response to that. As for the evolution of our strategy, I think

International Trade committee  May I weigh in as well?

International Trade committee  We haven't specifically talked about this yet around this table today, but there are a couple of other features in the IRA programmatic suite, if you will. They are worth considering and get to your question about ensuring we're maximizing benefits and moving forward. One is the