In this episode of Minerals Matter, the Hon. Erin O'Toole, former leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and a member of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new Advisory Committee on Canada-U.S. Economic Relations, speaks with APF Canada's Vice-President Research & Strategy, Vina Nadjibulla, about Canada’s critical minerals advantage.
O’Toole brings his insights to bear on how Canada can convert its resource endowment into genuine strategic capability – from fixing regulatory approval timelines and using tools such as the Canada Growth Fund to close the "risk premium" gap on refining and processing to leveraging critical minerals and metals as one of Canada's strongest cards in resolving tariffs with the U.S.
They also explore proposals for a "NORAD 2.0" that would build energy and resource security into the North American defence partnership, opportunities to deepen Canadian critical mineral ties with Japan, South Korea, and other Indo-Pacific partners, and the growing role of Indigenous-led resource development in the Arctic.
