VANCOUVER — British Columbia's mines minister is taking aim at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for distancing Canada from its natural-resource economy with remarks the leader made at a global economic forum in Switzerland.
Bill Bennett says Trudeau may come to regret saying in a speech that Canada amounts to not just the resources under Canadians' feet but rather their resourcefulness and what lies between their ears.
Bennett says it isn't an either-or situation, adding that Canada's resource sector is one of the most technologically advanced in the world and that its workers are well trained and well educated.
Trudeau made the comments last week during his keynote address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Bennett made his remarks to reporters at a provincial mineral-exploration conference in Vancouver.
He acknowledges the flagging state of the natural-resources economy but insists the world still needs Canada's resources.
