Thank you, Mr. Chair.
What I gather from Mr. Lalonde's answer, and perhaps from Mr. Gratton's, is that we have to create a demand for these critical minerals.
My impression is that a lot of that demand will come from electrifying transportation. In that sense, if we want to create demand and support the electrification of transportation, I feel that putting a price on carbon is a very good thing. We would have transportation options with low greenhouse gas emissions.
Mr. Gratton and Mr. Labonté, can you tell me whether those are helpful strategies?
First, carbon pricing, and second, the way in which the government could go about accelerating the electrification of transportation, thereby creating a more worthwhile ecosystem for the critical minerals.