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Originally Posted by 6793026
I did a quick search on PC & harper - he was also never keen on interviews.
3 things i have to say and agree during his 8 years
1) abolished the penny
2) RESP
3) They held budget super tight until the very end (hence surplus duh)but then Quebec really hammered then and they forced to really open the taps.
4) oh and the failure of the gun registry which tanked and billions spent that went no where.
Do i agree what the conversative did... not at all... What's Trudeau's legacy... errr
1) reconciliation day
2) some BS emission
3) huge immigration policy
4) legalize cannabis
5) dealt with Freedom Convoy and Emergencies Act invocation + COVID
take it with a grain of salt on the nothingness on each leader.
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Turd touts the Liberal government's accomplishment of strengthening the electrical vehicle supply chain in Canada:
https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-re...hains-canadian
-from the PM's website:
Critical minerals are central to major global industries like clean technology, health care, aerospace, and computing. They are used in solar panels, phones, and computers, and are vital to produce electric vehicles. Permanent magnets and rare earth elements are important inputs into electric vehicle motors and many clean technology applications.
Canada’s Critical Minerals Strategy is backed by up to $3.8 billion in federal support, announced in Budget 2022. The proposed funding covers the whole critical minerals supply chain, from geoscience and exploration to mineral processing, manufacturing, and recycling applications, including support for research, development, and technological deployment.
Saskatchewan is a Canadian leader in producing sustainable critical minerals, with a rich supply of uranium. The world’s largest producer of potash, the province is home to the world’s most sustainable potash mine.
Recent federal investments in the development of critical minerals include a contribution of up to $222 million through the Strategic Innovation Fund to help Rio Tinto Fer et Titane to increase its production of critical minerals and a $27 million contribution to E3 Lithium Ltd. through the Strategic Innovation Fund’s Net Zero Accelerator initiative.
Canada currently produces 60 minerals and metals at 200 mines.
What I think that our government should do, whether its a Liberal or Conservative federal government, is use one of our country's big assets for leverage against Trump's tariffs.
The U.S. desperately needs critical minerals such as lithium and cobalt for their electronics, semiconductor chip manufacturing, and their military weapons.
If the Americans want our critical mineral exports, Canada can restrict exports of these minerals to the U.S.
If export embargos of these critical minerals to the U.S. is not an option, what about mining companies raising the prices of lithium, cobalt, and all other kinds of these minerals big time? Raise the prices like 3, 4, 5 times the price haha.
Canada must do a much better job in diversifying its trade partners too. I read an online article recently about the U.S. accounting for 54 percent of B.C's total exports. All levels of government, and the private sector need to do the hard work to establish stronger trade ties with other countries like China, Japan, and European countries.
We cannot be so dependent on the U.S. to buy our goods and natural resources.