Federal Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne will push Canada’s rare-earth mining sector during a two-day meeting with officials in Washington
Federal cabinet minister François-Philippe Champagne starts two days of meetings in Washington today with the goal of unblocking North America’s supply chain.
The pandemic-induced bottlenecks have created shortages of semiconductors and rare-earth minerals needed to power everything from computers and cellphones to electric vehicles.
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