Canada has critical minerals the world needs, says Hodgson

Tim Hodgson said the goal of the Major Projects Office is to create an environment where private-sector capital flows into projects. Photo by Darren Makowichuk/Postmedia files

There’s no “cookie cutter” approach to support Canada’s investment-hungry miners , says Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson , as Ottawa tries to speed up the building of certain mines set to produce minerals critical for the economy by referring them to a government office that focuses on advancing key projects.

The “reality is that” the market dynamics for each of the critical minerals are quite different, ranging from geopolitical situations to environmental issues to customer demand, he said.

“It’s a little too simplistic to say that there is a cookie cutter,” he said. “It’s going to be si