Canada better step up its game on battery-powered electric vehicles

So far, Canada lacks a plan. But there is strong pressure from the United States for a North American battery ecosystem, though one which seems to see Canada principally as a source of raw materials rather than a full-fledged partner in high-value processing and manufacturing.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured June 5, 2021, on the Hill. Canada has to set out its own priorities, making clear to the United States that if there is to be a genuine North American battery ecosystem then Canada has to be a full-fledged partner, not just a supplier of raw materials, and our government needs to say that, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

June 14, 2021

TORONTO—The transition to a world of battery-powered electric vehicles is transforming much of the resource and manufacturing base of the global economy. It is raising big issues—from the geopolitical to the environmental—and generating major challenges in competitiveness and innovation, as we...

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