12-Month Lobbying Summary - Consultant

Subject Matters

• Aboriginal Affairs
• Budget
• Climate
• Economic Development
• Energy
• Environment
• Federal-Provincial Relations
• Foreign Affairs
• Government Procurement
• Industry
• Infrastructure
• Internal Trade
• Labour
• Mining
• National Security/Security
• Natural Resources
• Regional Development
• Taxation and Finance
• Transportation

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

• Lobbying with the government to facilitate and support the Company's efforts to secure a federal grant, contribution, or other financial benefit from the Government of Canada via departmental programs (e.g. the Canadian Critical Minerals Investment Fund at NRCan, and the Strategic Innovation Fund at ISED), from Crown Corporations (e.g. EDC), and/or Arms-length independent bodies (e.g. Canada Growth Fund, Canada Infrastructure Bank) and/or from other agencies, departments, and crown entities not yet identified, to support the establishment of a Heavy and Light Rare Earth Element hub for Canada anchored by the Company's proposed mine and refinery in Quebec province and ancillary assets in Labrador.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• Lobbying to ensure that proposed Investment Tax Credits pertinent to the Critical Minerals sector are effective and impactful.
• Sustainable Resource Development: Seek to ensure that any legislative initiatives affecting Critical Mineral resource development are grounded in the principles of sound science/evidence-based decision-making, efficiency of regulatory process and posit a meaningful role for Indigenous rights-holders and communities.

Policies or Program

• Lobbying on emerging policies and programs under the Canadian Critical Minerals Strategy pertaining to Critical Minerals development and the establishment of robust North American supply chains to support a domestic advanced battery ecosystem, drive decarbonization of Canada’s economy and energy systems, and become a trusted and secure source of Critical Minerals to bolster Canada’s strategic position with the United States, with the European Union and with allied nations in Asia and the Indo-Pacific region.
• Lobbying related to Canadian Critical Minerals Strategy and the significant contribution which development of Canada's Light and Heavy Rare Earth Elements can make to the strategic security and defence partnership between Canada and the United States of America.

Regulation

• Lobbying related to the scope of any federal Impact Assessment Agency (IAA) on the Company's Strange Lake Rare Earths project in Quebec and Labrador, including discussion related to the question of provincial and Indigenous Rights-holders' Impact Assessment equivalency, standards, and programs.