During an armchair discussion with U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen on Monday in Toronto, Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said that Canada can contribute critical minerals, metals and energy to the global economy. “Democracies do not want to depend on Russia and China for the critical minerals and metals.. [it’s] just not safe anymore,” said Freeland. “Guess who has almost all of this stuff? We do. Canada does.”
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