Canada should not rely on foreign corporations to build electric vehicle industry here

To date, all the major projects related to electric vehicles and batteries have been with American, Asian, or European corporations.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Nov. 2, 2017, taking part in an armchair discussion with Alphabet’s Eric Schmidt at the Google Canada's GO North conference in Toronto
TORONTO—Globe and Mail reporter Josh O'Kane has written a fine book, Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy, explaining why Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of the Alphabet/Google mega-corporation, ultimately failed in its efforts to take over a valuable segment of undeveloped land ...

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