Inside the Trump-linked deal to secure Canadian resources | the fifth estate

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. Subscribe for more videos from The Fifth Estate: http://bit.ly/25W8cpn 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 Connect with The Fifth Estate online: Website : http://bit.ly/1d0FBxq Instagram : http://bit.ly/25W8SLs For more than five decades, the fifth estate has been Canada's premier investigative documentary program. Hosts Mark Kelley, Steven D'Souza and Ioanna Roumeliotis continue a tradition of provocative and fearless journalism. the fifth estate brings in-depth investigations that matter to Canadians — delivering a parade of political leaders, controversial characters and ordinary people whose lives were touched by triumph or tragedy. the fifth estate airs Fridays at 9pm on CBC-TV and steams on CBC GEM. See new episodes first on YouTube Thursdays at 7pm ET CREDITS: THE FIFTH ESTATE 51-13 Friday, March 27, 2026 Critical Threat producer/director Scott Anderson writer Steven D’Souza investigative journalist Andrew Culbert video editor Loretta Hicks senior videographer Jonathan Castell principal photography Ousama Farag Turgut Yeter Pelin Sidki Yanjun Li Joe Fiorino Peter Paul Pineda Cristian Patricio Villalobos Monetta Patrick Morrell Michel Picard James Young additional photography David MacIntosh archival material AFP CNN Facebook Facebook/Maggie Emudluk Sr Facebook/Damiana Pokue Facebook/Randy Charlton Malleck Fox News Getty Images ParlVu Reuters Torngat Metals Ucore YouTube YouTube/IEFA TV YouTube/NEWS 19 WLTX YouTube/The White House X visual research Leslie Morrison graphic designer Daniel Rofusz post audio Michael Banani Ron Searles colourist Scott McIntyre special thanks CBC Ottawa CBC Washington rollout producer Leanne Stepnow social media producers Danny Burke Alex Soloducha Brian Vinh Trinh digital producer Janet Davison media management Laurel Robinson resource coordinators Marc Cormier Dragan Maricic associate directors Julia Bradley Carmen Smith packaging editor Alessia Protomanni coordinating associate director Jane Wilson senior producer Emmanuel Marchand executive producer Allya Davidson original broadcast March 27, 2026