Canadians have delivered an unambiguous message on critical minerals: they would rather see projects develop slowly under domestic control than quickly with foreign capital, posing a fundamental challenge to the country’s resource development strategy.Three in five respondents told the Angus Reid Institute they believe losing sovereignty over resources such as copper, nickel and strategic minerals poses a greater threat than foregone development and jobs — a position that puts public opinion sharply at odds with industry calls for rapid expansion.Sixty per cent of Canadians want limits on foreign investment in the critical minerals sector. Only a quarter would welcome it.The findings present an uncomfortable reality for policymakers attempting to balance domestic control against the massive capital requirements needed to develop the sector. Prime Minister Mark Carney has made expanding critical resource projects a priority amid trade tensions with the United States, designating three critical mineral extraction projects as national priorities earlier this month as part of more than $56 billion in proposed investment.But the poll suggests the government faces public skepticism about the terms under which that development should proceed.Ottawa recently postponed a decision on U.K.-based Anglo American PLC’s proposed $70-billion purchase of Teck Resources, one of Canada’s largest mining companies. Industry Minister Mélanie Joly has said the government wants stronger commitments to Canada before allowing the merger, demanding the combined company be legally based in the country. (ICE TORONTO)

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