March 23, 2023:
"But she also has made clear Canada can't hold back too much on clean technology investments because the competition is fierce."
"During a visit to an electric-vehicle charging manufacturer in Quebec City on Wednesday, Freeland said if Canada does not keep pace, it will lose out on major investments and the chance to create thousands of good jobs.
"Today, and in the years to come, Canada will either capitalize on this historic moment, on this historic opportunity before us, or we will be left behind as the world’s democracies build the clean economy of the 21st century," she said.
And she said the government's role in the budget is going to be "to help the people who are currently in the process of creating this clean economy."