Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during an electric battery announcement at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont., on Wednesday July 13, 2022.
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The plant will create 1,000 jobs while it is being built and hundreds of long-term positions once it is up and running, he said. Trudeau said such investments are part of a "big bet" that Canada can be a key international player when it comes to electric vehicle supply chains. Mathias Miedreich, CEO of Umicore, said three reasons led to choosing Loyalist Township and Ontario for the "gigafactory."
"The third was the availability of talent, critical talent, and here especially the area Loyalist Township and Kingston," he said, noting that was the "decisive" factor.
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