Inside the Trump-linked deal to secure Canadian resources | the fifth estate
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U.S. threats to annex resource-rich Greenland have Canadians wondering if their country is next. CBC's the fifth estate follows the trail of an American firm closely linked to the Trump administration that has secured a controlling stake in a massive rare earth mining project in Canada.
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RareEarth Canada InvestigativeJournalism
0:00 A hunger for critical minerals
9:29 Collaboration or control?
18:38 American interests, Canadian soil
30:52 Sovereignty in the ground
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51-13 Friday, March 27, 2026
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