Collaborative Investments Will Help US Ensure ‘Energy Dominance’: Canadian Energy Chief

Canada’s energy minister proposed a joint strategic minerals reserve to help the U.S. and Canada counter an increasingly aggressive China.

Canada's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson arrives for a Liberal Caucus meeting in Ottawa, Canada, on Jan. 8, 2025. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

A “true energy and minerals alliance” between the United States and Canada could feature a strategic minerals reserve that ensures competitive pricing for critical minerals, in a combined effort to free the global market from China’s manipulative domination, Canada’s chief energy official said on Feb. 4.

“Rather than going down a path that will inevitably be lose-lose, I am suggesting something entirely different,” Canadian Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson said during a Feb. 4 discussion at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center in Washington.