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Mining and minerals platforms

Here's what the 2025 Canadian election parties are promising.

Liberal

  • Create a First-and-Last Mile Fund to connect critical mineral projects to supply chains and directly support mineral & clean energy projects

    "connecting critical mineral projects to supply chains via a new First and Last Mile Fund (FLMF), creating a more integrated and accessible Canadian economy;

    directly supporting clean energy and critical minerals projects via the FLMF, reducing our reliance on other countries and protecting Canadian jobs;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

  • Invest in prospecting for mineral exploration and extraction from recycling

    "accelerating exploration, as well as extraction from recycling, by investing in prospecting activities;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

  • Provide additional investments and expand existing tax credits for critical mineral exploration and extraction

    "attracting, expanding and de-risking investment in critical mineral exploration and extraction with additional investments in and expansion of existing tax credits." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

Conservative

  • Create a single office to handle all regulatory approvals across all levels of government
  • Implement one application and one environmental review per project

    "One application. End duplication – There will be one application and one environmental review per project, ensuring efficiency without sacrificing environmental standards. Instead of multiple overlapping studies that stall projects, governments will work together to deliver a single, effective review." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

  • Approve ten specific priority projects

    "Some of the priority projects a Poilievre government will work with proponents and First Nations to approve:

    1. LNG Canada Phase II Expansion Project (BC): Aims to double LNG output but faces power supply challenges and output limitations related to the emissions cap.
    2. Suncor Base Mine Extension (Alberta): Expansion of an existing mine anticipated to produce 225,000 barrels per day of bitumen froth. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2020.
    3. Rook 1 Uranium Mine (Saskatchewan): A development-stage uranium project expected to be a major source of low-cost uranium. Approval process started in 2019 with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.
    4. Springpole Lake Gold (Ontario): A proposed gold and silver mine with an on-site metal mill. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2018.
    5. Upper Beaver Gold Mine (Ontario): A proposed underground and gold and copper mine. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2021.
    6. Northern Road Link (Ontario): A proposed all-season, multi-use road in northern Ontario. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2023.
    7. Crawford Nickel Project (Ontario): A proposed nickel-cobalt mine with an on-site metal mill. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2022.
    8. Troilus Gold and Copper Mine (Quebec): A proposed gold and copper mine. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2022.
    9. Sorel-Tracy Port Terminal (Quebec): A proposed new port terminal in the industrial-port area of Sorel-Tracy. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2022.
    10. Cape Ray Gold and Silver Mine (Newfoundland): A proposed gold and silver mine with a milling complex. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2017."

    conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

  • Create pre-approved zones for businesses to build mines, power stations, LNG terminals, pipelines, or other major projects

    "Today Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre revealed his plan to create ‘Canada Shovel Ready Zones.’ These zones will be areas already permitted for construction, meaning the permits will not just take less time, but will already be completed when a company decides to build a mine, LNG terminal or pipeline, bringing home thousands of jobs for Canadian workers and taking back control of our economy from the Americans.

    Poilievre described how his Canada First Conservative Government will get the Canada Shovel Ready Zones done:

    1. Identify a location that makes sense for a power station, LNG plant, pipeline, or another major project.
    2. Make sure it is safe for Canadians and the environment.
    3. Work with other levels of government to lock down zoning and permits in advance of construction.
    4. Offer pre-permitting before even getting an application so that permits could be published online with a checklist that businesses would have to complete in order to protect nature and people.

    This means businesses could buy the land, move in, hire people and build, knowing they already have the permits."

    conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Bloc

  • Proposer que l’aluminium obtienne le même statut que l’acier dans l’ACEUM

    Le Bloc Québécois réitère que l’aluminium devrait obtenir le

    même statut que l’acier dans l’ACEUM, c’est-à-dire

    qu’il doive être coulé et fondu localement pour être

    considéré comme fabriqué en Amérique du Nord.

  • Donner un traitement privilégié à l’aluminium carboneutre dont le procédé est inventé au Québec dans les conditions d’octroi de contrats publics et de subventions par le gouvernement fédéral
  • Défendre la souveraineté du Québec sur ses sols et ses ressources naturelles, incluant les minéraux critiques et les terres rares

    Le Bloc Québécois va défendre la souveraineté du Québec sur ses sols et ses ressources naturelles, incluant les minéraux critiques et les terres rares, et réitère que le fédéral n’a pas la légitimité de développer seul des stratégies pancanadiennes ni de négocier l’accès à nos ressources avec d’autres États.

NDP

  • Set a standard of free, prior, and informed consent for all decisions affecting constitutionally-protected land rights

    "We will replace mere consultation with a standard of free, prior and informed consent, including for all decisions affecting constitutionally protected land rights, like energy project reviews. Opportunities and benefits of projects should go to the communities that want them, not the CEOs and billionaires who force them through." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

  • Develop sector specific industrial strategies for energy, mining, manufacturing, buildings, and transportation, with workers at the table, to speed up Canada's clean energy transition and attract new investment

    "New Democrats are committed to our Build Canadian, Buy Canadian Plan to boost our domestic economy and create a stronger and more independent economy. As part of this plan we would develop sector-specific industrial strategies for energy, mining, manufacturing, buildings and transportation, with workers at the table every step along the way, with the goal of accelerating Canada’s clean energy transition and attracting new investment in communities across the country. And we would provide additional supports to train more workers for tomorrow’s green economy. Our goal will be to support good, new jobs in clean industries, and support the decarbonization of essential industries like steelmaking, cement-making, transportation and others." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

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