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GASPE, QUE. – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Quebec’s Gaspé region on Wednesday and made a $ 25 million campaign-style announcement to expand a wind turbine plant to produce blades for US markets United and Europe.
The project is a partnership with the Government of Quebec and the owner of the LM Wind Power plant, a Danish subsidiary of General Electric, to produce blades 107 meters long which the federal government says are the largest in the world. .
“We have the skills, expertise and resources here in Canada to be leaders in clean technology,” Trudeau said during a rally at the Gaspé plant, about 700 kilometers northeast of Quebec City, alongside the Minister of Industry François-Philippe Champagne and the local and federal deputy. Minister of Revenue Diane Lebouthillier.
“And our government will continue to take concrete steps to develop our industrial advantage in renewable energy.”
Trudeau has declined to confirm whether there will be a fall election, but has done little to quell rumors with his recent surge in travel and spending announcements. With speculation that the election call is weeks away, Trudeau was quick to slam the Conservatives after Wednesday’s funding announcement.
After listing a series of green energy investments his government has recently made, the Prime Minister said: “I have been trying to explain to the Conservatives for six years – who refuse to listen but Canadians understand well – that fighting climate change and protecting the environment is the way to secure the jobs of tomorrow. “
The riding of Gaspésie – Les ÃŽles-de-la-Madeleine narrowly remained liberal in the last election, Lebouthillier having beaten his rival from the Bloc Québécois by less than 700 votes.
The LM Wind Power plant expansion project in Gaspé will cost $ 160 million. The government said in a statement it would provide “up to $ 25 million” that will help create 200 jobs and “maintain about 380 additional jobs for Canadian workers.”
Trudeau started his day in Percé, where he hosted an economic roundtable and strolled the scenic town promenade for a photo with Lebouthillier. During the roundtable’s opening speech, Trudeau announced his support for improving the wharf at the port of Cap-aux-Meules in the Magdalen Islands and said that Ottawa was withdrawing its plan to transfer the port to a lower level of government. .
– This report by The Canadian Press was first published on July 14, 2021
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