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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 - 285 - Feb/26/24
Hon. François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)
  • Feb/26/24 3:10:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Laval—Les Îles and all my colleagues from Laval. On Friday, I joined my colleagues to celebrate the completion of construction on Moderna's state-of-the-art plant. It is located here in Canada and will be able to manufacture 100 million vaccines to protect the health and safety of Canadians. I was joined there by the Minister of Health and the Minister of Public Services and Procurement. This is great news for Laval and the Montreal area, great news for research and great news for maintaining Canada's position as a world leader in life sciences.
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Context: House Hansard - 181 - Apr/20/23
Hon. François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)
  • Apr/20/23 10:22:46 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for tabling the report and for his comments this morning. I noticed that my colleague's comments left out part of the story. Just a few months ago, our government made the biggest announcement in Canadian history for Quebec's aerospace sector. We made that announcement in Montreal, alongside Premier Legault. This shows how much we care about aerospace workers. My colleague mentioned CAE. Bombardier came up. We can talk about Airbus, Safran, Héroux Devtek. We on this side of the House are well aware that innovation, that the heart of aviation, is in Quebec, as my colleague so aptly said. Aerospace is not just in Montreal. Two other companies come to mind. The two biggest companies in my region, Mauricie, are in the aerospace sector, specifically Delastek and Placeteco. I would say to my colleague that we obviously want to continue to support the aerospace industry. However, I would like him to acknowledge to the Canadians who may be watching this morning that we made a historic announcement to support investment in the aerospace industry, not only in Canada, but specifically in Quebec.
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Context: House Hansard - 63 - May/3/22
Hon. François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)
  • May/3/22 3:05:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his excellent question. The Prime Minister and I were in Montreal last week to mark a historic step forward in the life sciences sector, as we announced that Moderna would build its plant in Quebec. For the past two years, we have been rebuilding the Canadian biomanufacturing sector with strategic investments. Thanks to our vision, Canada will be better prepared to deal with any future health emergency. We are going to invent the future of vaccines right here in Canada.
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