加拿大计划拨款2B美元,以促进国内对重要矿物的精炼,促进经济和国防安全。 Canada plans $2B in funding to boost domestic refining of critical minerals for economic and defence security.

财政部长弗朗索瓦-菲利普·香槟 （François-Philippe Champagne） 宣称，随着全球需求的增长，提炼钛等关键矿物对加拿大的经济和国防未来至关重要，并称其为“游戏名称”。 Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne declared refining critical minerals like titanium essential to Canada’s economic and defence future, calling it “the name of the game” as global demand rises. 他强调,必须超越出口原材料,建立国内提炼能力,在五年内由20亿美元的主权基金提供支持,用于股票投资、贷款担保和承购协议。 He emphasized the need to move beyond exporting raw materials and build domestic refining capacity, backed by a $2-billion sovereign fund over five years for equity investments, loan guarantees, and offtake agreements. 联邦预算标志着向支持传统和清洁能源的转变,官员们欢迎有可能取消工业碳排放上限,以促进投资。 The federal budget signals a shift toward supporting both conventional and clean energy, with officials welcoming potential removal of a cap on industrial carbon emissions as a boost for investment.