Amazing how "exceptional times" involve doing all the things certain demographics want to do in very unexceptional times. Namely reducing environmental regulations to speed fast-tracking resource extraction projects with government loans to dubious mining industry figures.

I love living in a country with no more ambition than to be a branch plant.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nunavik-rare-earth-mining-project-9.7138515

#canpoli #capoli #canada

Canada backs rare earth mine in Nunavik with close ties to Trump White House | CBC News

Amid Prime Minister Mark Carney’s calls that the Canada-U.S. relationship is ruptured, Ottawa has committed $175-million to a mining project in northern Quebec whose major U.S. investor is closely linked to the Trump administration.

CBC
@zygmyd Guessing the justification is along the lines of: "But we need the juicy US cash, to fund the REAL projects that will ensure our independence."

@Maitre

I could definitely see it.