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Canada last fall announced a tougher policy on critical mineral investment — particularly from dominant producer China — as it worked to shore up its domestic supply of critical minerals after the global pandemic exposed supply chain problems that caused major production disruptions. Canada has significant sources of lithium, Trudeau said. However China has made strategic choices over the decades that have made it by far the world’s largest producer of the lithium used in cell phones and electric vehicles, he added in remarks at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
“If we’re honest … the lithium produced in Canada is going to be more expensive, because we don’t use slave labour,” Trudeau said. “Because we put forward environmental responsibility as something we actually expect to be abided by. Because we count on working with, in partnership with indigenous peoples, paying their living wages, expecting security and safety standards.”Article content