Industry committee  I'm not going to be able to answer specifically in regard to lithium, but I would like to say that we have watched, over the past few years, a definite increase in what I would term economic espionage across our country. Canada is extremely advanced in much of its research and de

Industry committee  As I'm sure you can appreciate, I'm not able to speak on a specific transaction. What I can say is that we did do our work. We provide our advice to government, and then, as mentioned earlier by my colleagues, it is actually a community decision. While we provide our advice, ther

Industry committee  Our advice is taken in with the advice of all the other departments. At that point, they determine whether or not there is a need to go forward for a full review.

Industry committee  Thank you for the question, which I'll answer in English. As we have stated before in public reports and [Technical difficulty—Editor] last year, the Government of China is pursuing a strategy for geopolitical advantage on all fronts—economic, technological [Technical difficult

Industry committee  Thank you very much for the question. I'm pleased to answer it. At the service, as an investigative body, we go out looking for any intelligence that can support an assessment or basically answer the question as to whether there is a national security threat we could potentiall