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Boeing already said if they don’t get more orders soon they are shutting down the line forever. That was back a couple years ago before Canada had hopped on board in Feb 2024. Since then time has not been kind to Boeing or buying American. The only new P8 order in the past 2.5 years is 4 planes for Singapore. THE USAF does not want E7. They want an exclusively ground and space-based system and canceled their or dor 26 planes. Congress is forcing them to buy 7 due to lobbying. I thought you were opposed to politicians forcing military to buy kit they don’t want, especially expensive kit. I guess that only counts for Canada? NATO has officially cancelled its E7 order and selected Globaleye. So has France. The P8 at least has the advantage of not having any real competition but E7 has not one but two competitors in Saab and L3Harris, both of which are mounted on a Bombardier Global 6500. 1) Ok first of all the there was no 6500 alternative to the P8. Just a concept on paper, no prototype, no testbed not even a desktop plastic model. Just designs on paper. Designs by the way that included an internal weapons bay which has never been done on a Global before so it was a proposal for WAAAAAAY off in the future while P8 was already in service. 2) Yes it was back when US was a trusted ally not a sovereignty threat and of course that changes everything. Of course our strategic posture with USA has changed since Trump launched his economic war against us and weaponized our dependencies. We need to buy Canadian because we need to support our economy and build our own defence industry and our own sovereignty. It doesn’t change after Trump leaves. How do you not understand? I think you guys were the ones claiming this kind of expenditure doesn’t count. I fully understand that it does. And to be correct the 1.5% is for DUAL USE infrastructure like highways etc Military facilities like barracks and hangars in air bases aren’t dual use, they’re part of the other 3.5% Carney has spent tons on base renovations, new hangars , new housing and you guys keep saying it’ doesn’t count and it’s some sort of trickery to inflate the defense budget. Actually there will br commonality with the other Global 6500 fleet we just bought so we’re not actually adding complexity to the fleet mix here And the aircraft is still in widespread commercialAnd the maker being domestic means we will have better access to the parts and better access to the company we’re not going to get screwed over like the way Sikorsky lost our phone number and stopped replying to our DMs after selling us the Cyclones and decided to discontinue the line Canada was was just some insignificant small fry to them with our puny order of 28 bespoke and discontinued aircraft The new guns they just bought is something with guns. Spike ATGMs and RBS 70s are missiles but I assume that counts And as I mentioned HIMARS is already ordered River Class destroyers are already under construction. P8s already being built (will have missile and torpedoes not guns) CQ9Bs already being built And Stay tuned. Sub announcement is due end of June. Sime of the ACSVs rolling odf the line will have guns or mortars I would argue The millions they just poured into building and expanding munitions factories should also count.

LMAO NO it doesn’t make you correct about anything and it still shows that you are the stupid one pretending to he smart, The MAGA Hallmark. TO BE CLEAR: “Barrels of gasoline” even if we hilariously pretend you were referring to “natural geological cavern filled with natural gas” as your dumbass support animals claim, do not provide electricity during peak hours and building a completely separate gas plant just to run a few hours per day is not cheaper than adding battery and it makes the cost per kwh of that electricity even more expensive CDNFOX TROLL TACTIC NO MATTER WHAT THE OTHER PERSON SAYS JUST REPLY WITH “YOU JUST PROVED ME RIGHT”

That’s is not a fact. You just have just concocted ridiculous excuses not to count anything. According to you it doesn’t count until it’s actually delivered and you make absurd claims of how long it should take for orders to be delivered. You don’t know what you are talking about. You think it’s like ordering on Amazon with next day delivery you have no idea of what’s involved. Also a lie. Raises were much bigger than the adjustments toe temporary allowances. . Furthermore raises were for everyone and permanent while temporary allowances are temporary and were only for some Again hard to tell when you’re speaking out of ignorance and when you’re speaking out of dishonesty, you’re equally capable of both.

That’s a lie. From the very beginning of Trump’s trade war we have been told the economy is at risk. Every expected the recession to start a year ago and the economy has been remarkably resilient Did you even the article you linked? Right at the top it says: “but some economists weighing in on the latest real gross domestic product results Friday argued that weakness may not qualify as a recession.” And: “Don’t get me wrong, the economy has struggled to gain any meaningful traction over the last year ... but for now, we wouldn’t necessarily call it a technical recession,” said TD Bank economist Marc Ercolao. He said the decline in real GDP last quarter was still basically zero, and could easily be revised up in future StatCan reports.” And ”BMO chief economist Doug Porter said in a note to clients that there was “no sense sugar-coating this sour result, as the economy has clearly been struggling to grow since the start of the trade war.” And “While there will be plenty of debate over whether this constitutes a recession (we would say ‘no, not really’), there is little debate that the economy has struggled to make any headway over the past year amid the ongoing trade conflict,” Porter said. And Higher imports of gold dragged down activity in the first quarter, and exports were mildly negative. Weak resale activity in the housing market also hurt the first-quarter figures. Business capital investment meanwhile fell for a fifth consecutive quarter, which Ercolao largely chalked up to uncertainty surrounding U.S. tariffs. It’s hard for many firms to draw up spending plans without clarity on what that trade relationship will look like in the foreseeable future, he said. Drags on output in the last quarter were offset by a ramp-up in businesses accumulating inventory and higher household spending. Many economists also gauge the breadth and depth of a downturn before declaring a formal recession. And On a per-capita basis, real GDP rose 0.2 per cent in the first three months of the year as Canada’s population shrank for a second quarter in a row. And The last two quarterly contractions are mostly due to real GDP declines in October and March. Growth was either flat or modestly positive for the four months in between. And Bradley Saunders, North America economist at Capital Economics, said in a note that the “trade-induced” technical recession was likely already over as rising oil and gas activity mean the second quarter of 2026 is tracking for a solid rebound. I know you Carney Derangement Syndrome types are rooting against Canada and hoping for the worst just so you can “pwn the libs” but there’s more optimism than doom and gloom in that report

Thats Opposite of reality fake news, you kool-aid drinker. Economists pour cold water on recession talk after Canada’s economy stalls in Q1 Canada’s economy is still struggling to grow but some economists weighing in on the latest real gross domestic product results Friday argued that weakness may not qualify as a recession. StatCan reported Friday that the economy stalled in the first quarter of the year. While real GDP by expenditure was flat on a quarter-by-quarter basis, converting that to an annualized rate — the figure most economists pay close attention to — magnifies the quarterly changes and results in a decline of 0.1 per cent for the first quarter. That follows a real GDP drop of one per cent in the fourth quarter of 2025, a figure StatCan revised lower on Friday. Three of the last four quarters in Canada have now posted negative real GDP growth. Two quarterly contractions in a row meets some definitions for a technical recession, though not all economists weighing in Friday were convinced. “Don’t get me wrong, the economy has struggled to gain any meaningful traction over the last year ... but for now, we wouldn’t necessarily call it a technical recession,” said TD Bank economist Marc Ercolao. He said the decline in real GDP last quarter was still basically zero, and could easily be revised up in future StatCan reports. …. https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/economics/2026/05/29/canada-slips-into-technical-recession-as-economy-stalls-in-q1-statcan/

Rio Tinto commissions $1.5-billion low-carbon aluminum smelter expansion in Quebec Rio Tinto Group RIO-N -0.08%decrease has launched operations of its new US$1.5-billion low-carbon aluminum smelter expansion in Quebec’sSaguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region with a view to deploying the proprietary AP60 technology used on site in other parts of the world. …The launch brings into production the first major primary aluminum project in the West in more than a decade, Rio Tinto said. Company officials said they are exploring whether they can use the AP60 high-amperage smelting technology, developed in-house by their research and development teams, in other international markets. …The expansion at the Arvida Complex will increase the plant’s production capacity by approximately 160,000 tonnes of primary aluminum a year, Rio Tinto said. When all the new pots are up and running, the company said it will produce 220,000 tonnes of aluminum a year with AP60 technology at the site. …Canada is the world’s fourth-largest primary aluminum producer, after China, India and Russia, according to federal government statistics. Quebec is home to nine of Canada’s 10 aluminum smelters. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-rio-tinto-low-carbon-aluminum-smelter-expansion-quebec/ Rio Tinto puts its new expanded and less polluting aluminum factory into service in Saguenay [translated] A page of History turns in Saguenay: in the Arvida sector, founded 100 years ago to accommodate a large aluminum factory, the multinational Rio Tinto officially commissioned on Friday a new enlarged aluminum factory, with less polluting technology. With this $2 billion project, "Rio Tinto lays the foundation for the next 100 years in aluminum," said Sébastien Ross, Executive Director, Atlantic Operations, Aluminum of Rio Tinto. The press conference took place in front of a panel of workers, senior leaders of the Anglo-Australian conglomerate and dignitaries, including Prime Minister Christine Fréchette and Federal Minister of Industry, Melanie Joly. … Despite the uncertainty caused by the 50% tariffs imposed on Canadian aluminum by the Trump administration in 2025, Rio Tinto has returned to an 80% export volume directed to the United States, its leaders confirmed. "You know what? We will win this trade war [with the United States], and we will have more jobs here, "said Minister Joly. "Despite [American] customs duties, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean remains the world heart of aluminum," said Christine Fréchette, arguing that "35% to 40% of the aluminum production of NATO member states is done here". The Prime Minister argued that Quebec aluminum has many assets compared to China's, the other aluminum "superpower", in the words of the Prime Minister. … https://www.ledevoir.com/economie/983996/rio-tinto-met-service-saguenay-nouvelle-aluminerie-agrandie-moins-polluante?

Interestingly the BC LNG itself isn’t actually the gas that ends up in Germany. It’s a swaps deal the Germans have arranged with middle eastern suppliers who currently sell to Asian markets, whereby the BC gas goes to their Asian customers and they in turn redirect their supply to Germany, everyone gets what they want.

There are no new orders coming in. The 737 NG is no longer produced for civilian purposes so the E7 and P8 production line is all that’s left and it’s shutting down once they fill the E7 and P8 orders they have. All of the operators have small fleets which means big cost for such a big plane saab says they have an order book of 40 vs 31 E7 that have been ordered worldwide. The E7 would need new bigger hangars and maintenance equipment and you just said that doesn’t count as military spending right? I mean carney is already sending big bucks building new hangars and maintenance facilities and infrastructure for the P8s and F35s and CQ-9Bs and you guys are shrieking it doesn’t count it doesn’t count! So why would you want him doing more of that than he has to? And I doubt the AWACS planes would be at the same bases as the P8s anyway. I imagine P8s would be at Comix and Greenwood and the AWCS I am guessing would be Winnipeg? Or maybe Cold Lake/Bagotville if they are to be co-located with fighter Sqns? I don’t think they would with the maritime patrol Sqns on the coasts.

What would there be longer waiting for parts to arrive when the olane is Canadian made and widely ised around the world? That’s why you’re trolling. By the way, the USAF and US Army already BOTH use Global 6500 too, compared to exactly in a few different fleet types, compared to exactly ZERO E7s. So does Germany, South Korea and others. So your story doesn’t pan out.

There really isn’t a wrong answer between these two. The Koreans have made some really bug investment pledges also. I kind of lean Team Korea but won’t cry too hard if we end up with TKMS.

Nonsense. Ridiculous trolling. US doesn’t even have a AWACS aircraft for us to align to. The E3s are on an ancient platform that otherwise went extinct 40 years ago and are on their way out. The E7 is not even guaranteed to come into existence for USAF, they canceled the project in favour of soace-based solutions doncha know and haven’t 100% confirmed it will be fully resurrected much less when. So far officially they’re only committed to 7 (down from an original intended 26) which still would be the largest E7 fleet. THAT ROYALLY screwed over UK and Australia and a few others who now operate tiny orphan fleets of an aircraft that have no anchor customer and whose base civilian airframe is already out of production. That model, B737 NG, only has ONE ASSEMBLY LINE and it just operates to complete the backlog of P8s and E7s and already almost shut down permanently once for lack of orders until Canada ordered P8s and kept them on life support. . There are only 17 E7 in service and 31 total ever ordered. Meanwhile the Bombardier Global 6500 is a proven aircraft in worldwide usage still in production and made in Canada so no parts shortages should be expected. It’s also been ordered by Sweden, France UAE and NATO’s own AWACS fleet. There is a guaranteed production run of at least 40 Globaleye aircraft based on the existing order book and its not a budget-sucking monster like the B737 airframes are. Lastly the era of “we must buy whatever America buys regardless of whether it’s suitable for Canada just so we can be even more vulnerable to US supply chains, depraved US internal politics, US export controls, US corporate bullying and an insane US president” ….is over. There are some US items we can’t avoid buying. HIMARS already a done deal apparently. Chinook and Blackhawk Helicopters highly likely, maybe even Apaches. Bombs, missiles and munitions of all sorts. At least SOME F35. Probably a few other odds and ends. Unfortunately some US kit currently has no alternative

Well no surprise here, this one is a no-brainer. Everyone knew this was coming the only question was when were they going to announce it and would this be the big CANSEC announcement this year. There are still more projects ready pop, too. The Future Fighter Lead In Trainer is apparently almost ready to be announced any time That is the advanced fighter jet trainer. My bet is the Italian Leonardo M-346 Master but there are a couple of other good contenders. And the army has a big land vehicle combat simulator apparently ready to be announced soon. Subs will announced as early as June, like 4 weeks from now, MANY MANY YEARS ahead of schedule.

Ottawa picks Sweden’s Saab early-warning aircraft tech over U.S. contenders Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada has entered into negotiations to buy Swedish-made Saab early-warning aircraft technology, picking a non-U.S. supplier as he makes good on a promise to reduce spending on American military gear. Mr. Carney announced the selection at the annual CANSEC defence trade show in Ottawa Wednesday. He said Canada will proceed with the Swedish GlobalEye system, made by Saab. Other contenders were the Aeris X by L3Harris and the E-7 Wedgetail by Boeing. The GlobalEye early-warning system will be installed on Global 6500 jets made by Bombardier in Canada. Mr. Carney told the CANSEC audience this was the first time a prime minister had spoken at the annual trade show, saying the assumptions that have defined decades of Canadian defence policy have been overturned. The United States has grown more protectionist and unpredictable under President Donald Trump, forcing Canada to grow more self-reliant. Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft, often referred to as flying radars, are needed to track incoming threats in an era where Canada is worried about hypersonic and cruise missiles from countries such as Russia and China. “Saab and Bombardier’s expertise is transforming a modern jet into a cutting-edge surveillance aircraft,” Mr. Carney said in his speech. “With its suite of advanced sensors and mission systems, Saab’s GlobalEye will be a key resource for the Canadian Armed Forces to detect and deter threats across the Arctic.” Mr. Carney has repeatedly promised to reduce Canada’s spending on U.S.-made military gear. “The days of our military sending 70 cents of every dollar to the United States are over,” he said most recently at the Liberal Party’s convention in April. He noted the Saab technology is also the product of choice for Canadian partners, including France, Sweden and the UAE. Mr. Carney declined to say whether picking Saab’s early-warning technology is a sign that Canada will also end up buying the Swedish company’s Gripen fighter jets. His government announced last year it’s reconsidering buying the full order of U.S.-made F-35 fighters amid rising protectionism from Washington. He said Canada will take a decision “after proper deliberation and taking into account all the considerations, first and foremost operational requirements, of the Canadian Forces and secondly, the broader industrial benefits and true partnerships we can strike.” While the Bombardier 6500 aircraft are built in Canada, the Prime Minister acknowledged they have about 20 per cent U.S. content. As part of the Saab deal, Canada will build Bombardier 6500 jets for early-warning and control air aircraft orders from other countries, Mr. Carney said. This will support more than 3,000 jobs in Canada’s aerospace sector, he said. At least one-third of the planned GlobalEye aircraft fleet will be produced in Canada over the next 15 years, he said. This represents at least 40 aircraft, including export orders for other countries, built by Canadian workers. GlobalEye’s airborne surveillance capability can track objects and signals up to 650 kilometres away, and will rapidly share information to the Canadian Armed Forces, Mr. Carney said. … His government has boosted defence spending quickly in what experts have said is the largest short-term injection since the Korean War. Mr. Carney’s November, 2025 budget announced more than $80-billion over five years with commitments to spend even more to meet at new NATO commitment to spend 3.5 per cent of Canada’s Gross Domestic Product on the military. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canada-military-aircraft-sweden-saab/

OMG once again you confirm you are a looney tunes batshit internet right wing nutjob extraordinaire! Must be all them chemtrails Even normal mainstream conservatives think you’re a kook.

1) Did he? Maybe maybe not 2) That was before The United States was trying to destroy our economy. Canada’s priorities shifted big time after Trump’s economic war against Canada and the world, which you conservatives failed to grasp. And that’s why your 20+ point lead evaporated into nothing and is getting worse and worse. Talk about late to the game! You have no evidence to support any of that. As you usual you just make wild claims about what you WISH to be true. Not higher than when Harper left office, as I just mentioned. And Trump is the reason for it. He’s fast tracked the LNG plant that is going to supply it.

As I mentioned in the OP, unemployment is still same or better than it was when Harper left office. And Harper didn’t have the world’s greatest superpower waging economic warfare against it while also tanking the entire global economy and causing runaway global inflation.

Yep that’s the one. Just more evidence why PP’s “Just like Justin” campaign was full of shit and why he lost the election. Nobody is claiming he invented the project. It had been languishing for years. The feds are the ones who managaed the financing and offtake obstacles that were holding the project up. In fact that is the whole point of the major projects office, not to dream up new projects from scratch but to advance existing projects and late-stage proposals to completion that are stalled for various reasons.

Why Trump keeps getting rolled in negotiations Donald Trump’s reputation as a dealmaker has always been exaggerated, and his attempts to end the conflict in the Middle East show why he’s vulnerable to being outsmarted by opponents. Donald Trump’s reputation and political career were built on his dealmaking prowess, yet the president keeps demonstrating that he is a terrible negotiator. Repeatedly over the past nine years, Trump has gotten rolled by counterparts during high-stakes exchanges. North Korea, Russia, Russia again, China, and China again have gotten the better of the United States. Trump has had to slink back to Washington without much to show except empty talk about friendship with whatever dictator has just run circles around him. He’s had some success in brokering agreements when acting as a third party (though not nearly as much as he pretends) but much less luck when his own government is a participant. The one glaring exception came when he was effectively negotiating with himself, getting his own administration to set up a $1.8 billion slush fund for his political allies. The newest example of Trump’s artlessness is Iran. Let’s review the past few days: Trump postedon Saturday that he was close to striking a deal with Tehran that would end the war he started earlier this year and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. As the outlines of the agreement began to emerge, it looked both incomplete and bad: Trump had postponed discussing the hardest issues—matters, such as nuclear weapons, that led him to go to war—in exchange for opening the strait, which was open before Trump started the war. Hawkish Trump allies promptly criticized the deal, and despite histrionic pushback from Trump aides, the president had begun backing off claims of an imminent agreement by Sunday. “If I make a deal with Iran, it will be a good and proper one, not like the one made by Obama,” he posted. “Our deal is the exact opposite, but nobody has seen it, or knows what it is. It isn’t even fully negotiated yet.” Yesterday, in a sign that a deal might not be near at all, the U.S. military conducted what it called “self-defense strikes” against Iranian targets—directly contradicting the administration’s previous claims about having wiped out any threats to the United States in Iran. The situation demonstrates a few reasons that Trump is such a bad negotiator. My colleagues Tom Nichols and Robert Kaganhave all written illuminating articles on the specific failures inherent or likely in any deal with Iran. But the incident also shows the structural problems with the president’s approach. First, Trump is unprepared. Some effective presidents …came to the White House with a history of deep engagement in public affairs and foreign relations, which made them ready to handle sensitive foreign negotiations. Others brought a formidable work ethic and a ruthless intellect... Both types surround themselves with smart advisers whose input they take seriously. Trump is 0 for 3 on these conditions, which is one reason he wrote off the risk of Iran closing the strait in the first place: He both surrounds himself with less qualified aides than past presidents did and refuses to heed their counsel. The same failure of preparation extends to the frontline negotiators. Even after many of its top officials were killed in the war, Iran has maintained a hard-nosed corps of diplomats who have long been involved in foreign policy. Trump, by contrast, has dispatched a real-estate pal and his nepo-baby son-in-law. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, perhaps the best informed of Trump’s aides, has been largely invisible. Second, as the roller-coaster weekend demonstrates, Trump is mercurial. Keeping one’s bottom line ambiguous in a negotiation is canny, but Trump doesn’t appear to have any bottom line in his own mind. He has cycled through different rationales for the war, including regime change and stopping Iran’s nuclear program, but hasn’t landed on one. Lacking a goal in the war means he also lacks a goal in the peace talks. Iran may be able to use that to its advantage, but even if its leaders are eager to make a deal, they will be understandably reluctant to agree to anything that requires a leap of faith, because Trump may change his mind at any moment, as appeared to happen amid Republican backlash in recent days. Third, Trump is desperate for a deal, and everyone knows it. His misjudgments have led him to corporate bankruptcies and cheap sales in business, and he’s in a similar situation now. Every conflict between an autocracy and a democracy (however fragile this one may be) is asymmetric: Trump has to be concerned about public opinion, whereas Iran’s leaders have shown not only that they are indifferent to the suffering of their people; they are willing to massacre them by the thousands. But as the war drags on with no positive resolution in sight, and the U.S. economy looks shakier, Trump has become visibly more frantic to reach a peace agreement. (The president also seemed eager to have something to show for his weekend, because he skipped his eldest son’s wedding, ostensibly to work.) Iran, sensing Trump’s need for a deal, has maintained a hard line. All of these factors combine to mean that Trump is ill-equipped to win any negotiation, much less one that is the result of his own blundering into war. Trump is likely to muddle through, as he has so many times in his career, and reach some sort of agreement with Iran. He will surely say that it’s a great triumph, but reality will be harder to ignore than it was when Trump’s failures merely hurt his own bank accounts. One of the ironies of The Art of the Deal, the book that made Trump’s reputation as a clever businessman, is that Trump himself didn’t write it. His ghostwriter, Tony Schwartz, has said that he cobbled the volume together after sitting at Trump’s elbow while he conducted his daily business. Unfortunately, it’s probably too late for Trump to hire a real professional to handle negotiations with Iran. https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/05/iran-deal-trump-terrible-negotiator/687320/

Canada unlocks $12B in critical mineral deals as minister calls supply chains ‘national security’ Critical minerals are the strategic “cards” Canada holds, differentiating it from the rest of the world within the emerging global order, says Canada’s energy minister. He says using those cards means keeping the value chain at home and Canada is already expanding its infrastructure to shift critical mineral processing within its boundaries. “We are moving at speeds not seen since World War Two,” Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources told BNN Bloomberg at the PDAC convention in Toronto. “This is our moment to shine.” He says Canada needs to thrive in a world where hegemons like China, who dominate the market for critical mineral processing, are not able to have the “weak do as they must.” “We can never be in that situation,” says Hodgson. “Secure, critical mineral supply chains is national security, is sovereignty, and we have that.” During the PDAC 2026 convention, Hodgson announced 30 new federal partnerships with 12 allied countries under the Critical Minerals Production Alliance (the Alliance). He says the deal will lead to $12.1 billion in spending on mining and processing projects in Canada. The Alliance was started by Prime Minister Mark Carney last year to ensure allies aren’t dependent on risky foreign suppliers, like China, for essential minerals. In total, The Alliance is moving approximately $18.5 to Canada’s mineral sector. Keeping mineral processing at home Hodgson says while many counties around the world closed their smelters, Canada is reinvesting in its unused smelters to focus on value-added processing. “We’re taking advantage of core Canadian technologies around how to extract some of the critical minerals the world so desperately needs from our copper smelters, from our zinc smelters, from our nickel smelters,” says Hodgson. He says the Canada Growth Fund helps private companies get back on their feet to prove their technology so it can be sold to the rest of the world. Right now, he says the government is helping with processing facilities for the Crawford Nickel Project in Timmins, Ontario, and for Foran Mining’s copper project in Saskatchewan. “We’re doing work with some of the other refiners of heavy rare earth metals that is going to differentiate Canada and put cards in our hand,” says Hodgson. He says the $1.5 billion First and Last Mile Fund (FLMF) and $2 billion Critical Minerals Sovereign Fund are all tools to make sure Canada leads in the process of critical minerals by creating infrastructure to allow processing to happen. “What I’m finding is that the folks in Natural Resources Canada are rising to the challenge,” says Hodgson. https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/commodities/2026/03/03/critical-mineral-supply-chains-is-national-security-canadas-energy-minister-after-12b-push/

Canada opens first commercial lithium refinery The federal government opened North America’s first commercial electrochemical lithium refining facility Tuesday, marking a significant step toward domestic battery manufacturing independence. [ The federal government opened North America's first commercial electrochemical lithium refining facility Tuesday, marking a significant step toward domestic battery manufacturing independence. Veterans Affairs Minister Jill McKnight joined Mangrove Lithium executives for the ribbon cutting at the new Delta, British Columbia plant on Thursday. "Across the country, we are seeing the results of Canada's commitment to building a world–class critical minerals ecosystem. Mangrove Lithium's new facility positions Canada as a hub for refining battery–grade materials right here in Delta, reinforcing our economic security and supporting Canadian innovation," Minister Jill McKnight said. "Canada has what the world wants, and we are making strides to use our mineral wealth as a basis to diversify our clean energy opportunities and create stable, long-term careers in British Columbia and beyond." The facility will produce enough battery-grade lithium annually to power approximately 25,000 electric vehicles. This represents a major expansion in Canada's domestic processing capacity as the country seeks to capture more value from its mineral resources rather than exporting raw materials. Canada currently ranks as the world's seventh-largest lithium producer with total resources estimated at 6.5 million tonnes. The government views domestic refining as essential for reducing dependence on foreign processing markets while strengthening supply chain security. Supply chain security focus Lithium plays a crucial role in electric vehicle batteries, enabling their charge and discharge capabilities while providing the high energy density that allows more power storage in smaller spaces. Current demand shows 87 percent of lithium consumption connects to batteries, electric vehicles and grid storage applications. Natural Resources Canada provided conditional approval for up to $21.9 million in funding through the Critical Minerals Research Development and Demonstration program. Energy Minister Tim Hodgson announced the investment at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada's 2026 Convention in March. The Delta facility addresses what industry experts call the "missing middle" between Canada's abundant lithium resources and the capacity to convert raw materials into battery-grade products. This gap has forced Canadian companies to rely on foreign processing, particularly from markets with heavy geographic concentration. Federal investment supports expansion "Building a strong, secure Canadian battery supply chain requires more than access to critical minerals: it requires the ability to refine and manufacture those materials here at home. Today, there is a critical gap between Canada's lithium resources and the capacity to convert them into battery-grade materials," Saad Dara, CEO of Mangrove Lithium, said. The government designated lithium as a critical mineral due to its importance in low-emissions energy transitions. Canada operates two active lithium projects in Manitoba and Quebec with several advanced projects under development. The March funding announcement included over $165.2 million for 22 Canadian projects designed to unlock more than $434 million in project capital across eight provinces. https://www.canadianminingjournal.com/news/canada-opens-first-commercial-electrochemical-lithium-refining-plant-in-north-america/

Carney fast-tracks $1.5B Nouveau Monde Graphite mine — Canada’s answer to China’s 80% supply control Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Tuesdaythat construction is starting on Nouveau Monde Graphite’s (TSX-V: NMG)(NYSE: NMG) Matawinie mine in Québec just six months after its referral to the Major Projects Office. The company is now advancing Phase 2 of the development, which Carney said will become the largest graphite mine in the G7 and bolster Canada’s critical minerals supply chain. China is the world’s leading producer, accounting for nearly 80% of global supply. Located about 120 km north of Montreal, Matawinie is expected to produce as much as 106,000 tonnes of graphite annually once completed. Ottawa said the mine will create more than 1,000 jobs and attract nearly C$2 billion ($1.5 billion) in investment as Canada pushes to expand domestic battery materials production amid rising geopolitical and trade tensions. The announcement NMG’s recent release of $96.5 million from escrow. “Canada has what the world wants — and we’re moving at speed to get it to market,” Carney said in a statement. “It will create more than a thousand good career opportunities, strengthen our supply chains and build a stronger, more competitive, more independent Canadian economy for all.” Major milestone NMG chief executive Eric Desaulniers said the groundbreaking marks a major milestone for the company’s integrated graphite strategy, which includes a planned battery materials plant in Bécancour, Que. He said the project reflects collaboration with governments, local communities and Indigenous partners while advancing Canada’s role in the critical minerals sector. Federal ministers including Environment Minister Julie Aviva Dabrusin also praised the development, calling it an important step in supporting low-carbon manufacturing and resilient supply chains. Ottawa has committed financing support through Export Development Canada, the Canada Infrastructure Bank and the Canada Growth Fund, alongside a seven-year offtake agreement for 30,000 tonnes annually of graphite concentrate. Battery ambitions grow According to Natural Resources Canada, Canada produced 12,000 tonnes of graphite in 2024, or 0.7% of global supply, ranking eighth worldwide. China dominated production with 79.4% of global output, while Madagascar ranked second at 5.6%, underscoring the concentration of supply the West is trying to diversify. The project moves ahead as demand for battery-grade graphite accelerates alongside electric-vehicle growth and new US trade measures reshape global supply chains. Canada and its allies are increasingly seeking secure, lower-emission sources of critical minerals as they work to reduce reliance on Chinese supply. Matawinie is expected to anchor a broader North American graphite ecosystem tied to battery, defence and advanced manufacturing industries. https://www.mining.com/canada-fast-tracks-nouveau-monde-graphites-mine/ Canada Launches Construction of G7’s Largest Graphite Mine in Quebec Canada has officially broken ground on the Matawinie Mine in Quebec, heralded as the largest graphite mine in the G7, marking a significant step in the nation's critical minerals strategy. Prime Minister Mark Carney attended the ceremony, emphasizing the project's role in bolstering Canada's economy and securing global supply chains for essential materials. The Matawinie Mine, operated by Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG) near Saint-Michel-des-Saints, north of Montreal, is expected to produce over 106,000 tonnes of natural graphite annually for 25 years. This output is eight times Canada's current total graphite production, which stood at 12,000 tonnes in 2024, placing Canada eighth globally with a mere 0.7% market share, far behind China's dominant 79.4%. Graphite is a vital component for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, energy storage systems, advanced manufacturing, and defense technologies. The project addresses the rapidly growing global demand for graphite, which is currently outpacing supply, and aims to reduce international reliance on concentrated foreign sources, particularly China. By developing this mine, Canada seeks to position itself as a reliable and responsible supplier of critical minerals to international partners in Asia and Europe, including Japan and Italy. This initiative aligns with Canada's Critical Minerals Strategy and the G7 Critical Minerals Production Alliance, launched at the 2025 G7 Leaders' Summit. Economically, the Matawinie Mine is projected to inject nearly $2 billion into the Canadian economy and generate over 1,000 jobs across engineering and skilled trades. NMG recently secured an approximately $426 million (US$309.5 million) financing package to advance the project. Furthermore, the Canadian government has committed a $459 million financing package and a seven-year offtake agreement for 30,000 tonnes of graphite concentrate annually, primarily for strategic, civil, and military sectors. The Italian energy company Eni holds nearly a 12% stake in NMG, with Canadian and Quebec government funds also being major shareholders. A key industry-specific impact is the integration of the Matawinie Mine with NMG's planned Bécancour Battery Material Plant. This integration will enable the production of spherical graphite, establishing Canada's first fully integrated graphite supply chain, from extraction to refinery. This integrated approach, powered by Quebec's low-cost, renewable hydroelectricity, is designed to create an all-electric, low-carbon production model, significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional graphite supply chains. The project's accelerated timeline saw construction begin just six months after its referral to Canada's Major Projects Office (MPO). The MPO played a crucial role in coordinating financing, permitting, approval processes, and securing offtake agreements, showcasing the government's commitment to fast-tracking nationally important resource projects. Construction and commissioning are expected to take about 31 months, with full commercial production anticipated by the end of 2028. https://www.chemanalyst.com/NewsAndDeals/NewsDetails/canada-launches-construction-of-g7s-largest-graphite-mine-42347

“The Natives” are owners of the plant, which is on their territory. Don’t you keep up with the news? Who am I kidding?

India will send its largest-ever trade delegation to Canada next week This is not a 'routine diplomatic engagement,' says president of Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will be in Canada from May 25 to 27 with the largest Indian trade and investment delegation to ever visit any country. The delegation includes "representatives from energy, infrastructure, technology, manufacturing, investment and innovation sectors," according to Prashant Srivastava, president of the Toronto-based Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC). This is not a "routine diplomatic engagement." Srivastava added that Canada’s critical minerals and monetary reserves, coupled with India’s 1.4-billion-strong consumer market, offers opportunities for businesses on both sides. When Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visited New Delhi in March, the two countries signed agreements covering critical minerals, clean energy co-operation and a landmark uranium supply deal worth $1.9 billion. Ottawa and Delhi also relaunched negotiations for a free trade agreement. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the aim was to realize "the full potential of economic co-operation" and boost bilateral trade to $50 billion by 2030. Goyal’s Canada trip is expected to catalyze trade talks between the two countries. … https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/india-delegation-canada-9.7208416 India’s trade minister says visit by Canada’s Carney reset ties after 2023 killing of Sikh activist OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent visit to India has helped pave the way for a complete reset of Canada-India relations, India’s trade minister said Monday. The ties were strained under Carney’s predecessor in the wake of the 2023 killing of a Sikh activist in Canada. The remarks by India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, who is visiting Canada, came as he met with Canada’s International Trade Minister and just before he met with Carney. “We’re negotiating a free trade deal with India. This will be a game changer for Canadian workers and businesses — unlocking a massive new market,” Carney said in a social media post. “We’re working fast — I met Minister @PiyushGoyal to review our progress so far and explore the opportunities ahead for both our countries in energy, agri-food, tech, and education.” More than 100 senior business representatives from India’s mining, energy, automotive and aerospace sectors accompanied Goyal, a team New Delhi says is its largest-ever business delegation to Canada. “This is a partnership that is being reset very, very rapidly,” Goyal said Monday. Related Stories He said Carney’s visit in late February — the first visit by a Canadian prime minister in eight years — “completely changed the way Canada and India looked at each other.” “It has set in motion the pathway to a complete overhaul of this relationship, setting new agendas, new goals,” he said. … https://apnews.com/article/canada-india-trade-talks-e7c2cc7e376e41303fb47b62d4d0f175 Obviously it still remains valuable to Germany so what’s your point?

Canada Strikes Landmark Deal to Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Germany The agreement is important for both nations, as Canada seeks new markets away from the United States and Germany tries to diversify its energy supply. Canada has struck an important agreement to export liquefied natural gas to Germany, two senior officials with direct knowledge of the agreement said Tuesday, a breakthrough for both nations. The deal is scheduled to be signed at the Canadian embassy in Berlin on Wednesday, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the matter before the public announcement. The details will be announced by Canada’s energy minister, Tim Hodgson, at an event in British Columbia on Wednesday, the officials said. Under the agreement, Canada will commit to exporting up to one million metric tons of liquefied natural gas a year from a terminal on its Pacific Coast in British Columbia to Germany, starting in the early 2030s, for a two-decade horizon.. The deal had long been in the works as Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada has been looking for new markets for Canada’s important energy resources, and the German government has been seeking new sources of energy supplies. Mr. Carney had suggested this agreement was in the works during an August visit to Berlin. The German economy, a voracious energy consumer, has had to seek new suppliers since cutting itself off from Russia after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and is now hurting further because of the disruption caused by the conflict in the Middle East. Publicly and privately, German officials have said they need to find a diverse set of suppliers for imported gas, to avoid overreliance on a single country, like the United States. “It makes us more competitive and more secure on the world stage,” Friedrich Merz, the chancellor, said this winter before traveling to the Persian Gulf, partly in search of oil and gas supply agreements. Canada, an oil and gas powerhouse, exports an overwhelming majority of its resources to the United States. The agreement is an important win for Mr. Carney, who has spent his first year as prime minister trying to line up buyers for Canadian goods that will help the country break its deep dependence on the United States. The task has become urgent as relations between the allies and neighbors have deteriorated since the election of President Trump, who has imposed tariffs on Canada and threatened further economic pain. Mr. Carney has set a goal of doubling Canadian exports to non-U.S. markets by 2035. Canada’s first liquefied natural gas export port, Shell-backed LNG Canada, only began operating about a year ago. The Ksi Lisims LNG project, which is set to be used for the Germany exports, has been approved for operation by the government but not yet fully financed. Its proposed daily capacity would make it the second largest of the eight Canadian L.N.G. projects that have been proposed or are now under construction. The main competitor for Canadian liquefied gas are terminals in the United States on the Gulf of Mexico. While gas from Canada’s current and proposed projects is likely to be more expensive, it offers shorter sailing times to Asia and avoids the Panama Canal, eliminating one potential disruption to supply. Some details of the agreement were reported Tuesday by Bloomberg News. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/world/canada/canada-germany-natural-gas-lng.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

That is such a lame generic juvenile comeback of yours, you use it in thread after thread against anyone who debunks your crap. Statements like that are just throw-away shitpost nonsense why do you bother? And yet what you described is more indicative of the US than Canada Its totally ridiculous for you to claim Obama was worshipped the way Trump was The MAGA cult is unprecedented in history Nobody stormed the capitol for Ibama Obama supporters didn’t make flags and tshirts with homoerotic shirtless images of Obama the way Trump supporters do Obama supporters didn’t believe Obama had supernatural powers the way Trump suporters do Absolutely ridiculous false comparison, which you MAGA clowns are known for Nope per my first comment your description applies more to USA than Canada