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Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry

Hon. François-Philippe Champagne

  • Member of Parliament
  • Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
  • Liberal
  • Saint-Maurice—Champlain
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 62%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $108,626.98

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Context: House Hansard - 238 - Oct/24/23
Hon. François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)
  • Oct/24/23 2:54:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for a great question and for his leadership. He is actually right. I am very pleased to report to this House that Umicore from Belgium chose Canada to have its plant in North America. The plant is going to create 600 jobs in Loyalist Township near Kingston, but it is also going to produce enough battery materials for 800,000 electric vehicles. There will be a piece of Kingston and Loyalist in every car in North America. We are building the car of the future, something that the do-nothing opposition would never be able to do.
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Context: House Hansard - 143 - Dec/7/22
Hon. François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)
  • Dec/7/22 3:12:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have attracted a record number of investments. In fact, Bloomberg ranked Canada second in the world for its battery ecosystem. More recently, while I was in Germany, we signed a renewed MOU with Volkswagen at a time when it said it was considering Canada for its first battery cell manufacturing plant in North America. This is good news for workers. This is good news for the economy. This is good news for Canada.
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Context: House Hansard - 53 - Apr/5/22
Hon. François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)
  • Apr/5/22 3:10:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Whitby for his advocacy for the auto sector. He did a fabulous job yesterday. Yesterday we secured a $2-billion investment by GM in its facility in Ingersoll and Oshawa, creating 2,600 new jobs in the very first full-scale commercial EV plant in Canada. It is good news for workers, good news for Ontario and good news for the Canadian auto sector.
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Context: House Hansard - 42 - Mar/21/22
Hon. François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)
  • Mar/21/22 3:07:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Vaughan—Woodbridge for his great leadership. We can see the passion even on the other side of the bench. Some hon. members: Oh, oh! Hon. François-Philippe Champagne: It has been an exciting week, so I understand why they applaud for the auto sector, with our government securing a major investment that will see the auto industry in this country thrive for decades. Last week, we saw Honda make a $1.4-billion investment in the Alliston plant in Ontario. That builds on other investments from BASF, GM and POSCO, and there is more to come. Stay tuned.
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