Canada will focus on securing supplies of critical minerals when it hosts its Group of Seven partners this week at a meeting of energy and environment ministers in Toronto, Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said in an interview on Tuesday.

G7 countries, except Japan, are heavily or exclusively reliant on China for a range of materials from rare earth magnets to battery metals.

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"We will see this week many examples of us moving beyond talks to firm commitments to fund several types of tools (to secure critical minerals)," Hodgson said. The G7 meeting will be held from October 30 to October 31.

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He said Canada intended to be a leader in securing supply chains for all of its key allies, to reduce reliance on China. Canada produces several critical metals such as nickel, copper and cobalt.

Some of the announcements expected this week from the G7 meeting will be on stockpiling of critical minerals and investments in new mining and processing operations, Hodgson said.

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[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I bet this is going up end up with him using his powers to grab land and create mines without the consent of the population, like he wants to do with that pipeline.

[–] randomname@scribe.disroot.org 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I don't know what makes you bet on that as there are no signs of such behaviour. Canada and the G7 (and any democratic country) must act on the rule of law, of course. But it's right that we must be vigilant as this is not given. Globally, we have seen China's illegal mining operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, how Chinese rare-earth mining threatens the Mekong River, or how China has relocated its most polluting mines to war-torn Myanmar.

The West must follow a different path.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

I'm referencing the bill C-5.

Reference, in French.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Has no idea about the historical and present mining land grabs in Canada, confidently incorrectly states Canada good, slips in China bad. Farcical propagandist.