Ottawa looks on as China buys Canadian lithium operations
Efforts to strengthen Canada’s supply chains for critical minerals were undermined last week when our own government decided not to conduct a national security review into the purchase of a Canadian lithium producer by a Chinese state-owned enterprise.
The decision is bizarre. Lithium, which is on a list of 31 minerals that Ottawa says are critical to Canada’s economy, is imperative to modern manufacturing, including large-scale battery storage needed for clean energy transition and, significantly, batteries for the flourishing electric vehicle (EV) industry.
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2022/01/19/ottawa-looks-on-as-china-buys-canadian-lithium-operations.html
Canada pols on the take too. $$$