Description
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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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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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
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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