Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Ireland's Trade Relationship with Canada: Discussion

Mr. Vivian Doyle-Kelly:

I have one small point to add. It goes back to considering Canada as a number of different economies. We in Quebec are in a privileged situation in the respect that 95% of our electricity is generated from hydroelectricity. That is one of the things that gives us a huge cost advantage in attracting businesses, such as the aluminium industry and others that are very resource-heavy, such as the data centres. Thus, it is not one country but five or six different economies.