Canada vs. Colombia
I'm not referring to a World Cup match, but rather how Canadians and Colombians think about development. I heard Prime Minister Mark Carney say: 'We will compete in the world with what we can win: our people and our natural resources.' Simply and decisively, they know something fundamental: copper, lithium, nickel, and critical minerals are no longer commodities; they have become strategic assets. Without copper or lithium, there is no energy transition, electrical grids, artificial intelligence, data centers, electric cars, or technological security in the West. While the planet races to secure supply chains, Canada and Colombia seem to be taking different political paths regarding mining. Canada has decided to make mining a state policy, while Colombia uses it as a proselytizing strategy to mobilize masses, disregarding the budgetary stranglehold on our finances.
