On a mission to Paris, Premier Christine Fréchette pitched Quebec as a “trusted accomplice” for France and Europe within the vital and strategic minerals sector.
Fréchette took half in a roundtable on Monday with representatives of the French authorities and enterprise leaders. The occasion was held on the Quebec delegation in Paris, the place the premier highlighted Quebec’s “main property” in vital minerals.
“First, we’ve got the sources in Quebec’s soil. So, an important level: we’ve got the biggest share of Canadian vital and strategic minerals. portion of them. We’ve got 28 in whole,” she stated.
The premier stated she needs to develop the sector in a “sustainable” and “accountable” manner, pointing to Quebec’s clear vitality benefit.
With Europe planning to speculate 800 billion euros in rearmament, the Quebec authorities is hoping the province can safe its share of defence contracts.
In accordance with Fréchette, strategic minerals carry vital weight in “an period marked by geopolitical upheaval.”
“We’re in a interval the place spending associated to defence and important and strategic minerals will proceed to develop. That’s the case right here in Europe, and additionally it is the case in Canada, with a want to lift the contribution to the NATO funds to 5 per cent. So huge defence-related spending will observe,” the premier stated.
Minister of Worldwide Relations and La Francophonie Christopher Skeete and Quebec’s Delegate Common in Paris Henri-Paul Rousseau have been additionally current on the roundtable.
Later Monday, Fréchette is scheduled to satisfy French President Emmanuel Macron and his counterpart, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu.
That is Fréchette’s second worldwide mission. She travelled to Washington a number of weeks in the past.
The premier is in Paris till Could 20.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
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