Looking North: Pension funds are key to developing Canada’s critical minerals – Policy Options

July 16, 2024

We need to focus on why, to what end and how our North is both Canada’s greatest investment opportunity and our greatest geopolitical insecurity.

Canada needs long-term and venture capital to build infrastructure, innovate and develop its critical minerals to meet the global net-zero energy transition. Pension funds are key to that goal.

While Canada’s debate does circles about the merits of mandating that our pension funds invest more at home, a different conversation is unfolding among our Western allies who focus on the strategic necessity to counter China’s global geopolitical dominance over critical minerals, which are essential for modern technologies ranging from defense technologies to renewable energy.

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