Experts say Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne has done a good job shepherding Canada's innovation base and setting its business interests internationally, particularly on the electric vehicle file, but that there's room for a stronger focus on innovation within infrastructure development, retention of top talent, and speeding-up necessary regulatory changes.
I don’t know, but there are definitely people who criticize and say ‘we spent too much.’” “Do we know that? If Volkswagen is a raging success, $15-billion will look like chump change,” said Gupta. “But we have to try, otherwise we’re not going to have a piece of this market.” Gupta also said “if this pans out, Canada could have a bigger share of the EV market” than the country had of the internal combustion engine market.