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ARTICLE · 09 NOVEMBER 2020

Québec's Plan For The Development Of Critical And Strategic Minerals (2020-2025)

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Québec has a modern, diversified, and somewhat dirigiste economy, in which the Government of Québec is not afraid to assume a central role. For decades now, the Government has attempted to...

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Erik Richer La FlèChe
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Québec has a modern, diversified, and somewhat dirigiste economy, in which the Government of Québec is not afraid to assume a central role. For decades now, the Government has attempted to identify economic sectors that – in its opinion – have a promising future. On Thursday, October 29, 2020, the Government added the exploration and mining of minerals to its list of such sectors when it released the Québec Plan for the Development of Critical and Strategic Minerals(2020-2025) (the "Plan").

(Other sectors that the Government has recently recognized as growth opportunities include food production and transformation, electricity exports, green hydrogen and the electrification of transportation.)

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