Manitoba's Critical Minerals Strategy is raising alarm since it "reads more like a plan on how to subsidize foreign corporations and encourage them to exploit Manitoba’s environment." Developed without public engagement & released only a week before the election blackout period, the strategy provides no details about how sustainable development is or could be implemented in Manitoba’s mining sector.

Meanwhile, Manitoba’s environmental community is concerned about the impacts on the environment and the health of adjacent communities: "There is need for a more thoughtful and detailed strategy that meaningfully addresses the environmental concerns and interests of the public and Indigenous communities.'