‘It’s really important that we make mining fashionable again’: Ken Ash on why mining is essential to creating a happy and secure Canada

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Ore is hauled from the Kennecott’s Bingham Canyon Copper Mine Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Herriman, Utah. Rick Bowmer/AP Photo.

Ken Ash, former OECD Director for Trade and Agriculture and a longtime Canadian trade official, discusses the global scramble for critical minerals, the impact of China’s dominance on strategic supply chains, and the role Canada should play in building resilient industrial capacity—including in processing and refining—across these supply chains.

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