Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson says that Canada needs the “same spirit” that mobilized the country’s workforce and industrial base during and after World War II in order to rebuild the nation’s economy today.
Delivering a keynote speech at the Toronto Region Board of Trade on June 25, Hodgson said he wants all Canadians to “stand side-by-side” as Canada moves forward on major projects of national importance in resources, energy, and infrastructure.
Hodgson, who previously worked with Prime Minister Mark Carney at Goldman Sachs, said Canada will need to double its electricity production in the next two decades and move forward on major projects in mining, forestry, energy, and critical mineral extraction. Canada’s growing importance in “the entire value chain” of critical minerals is a big opportunity, according to Hodgson, who said, “We can and will extract our minerals sustainably, refine them responsibly, and move them to market efficiently.”…