Awendio Solaris says it plans to invest about CAD 1 billion ($726.7 million) in a vertically integrated solar cell and module manufacturing facility and research center in Montreal, Quebec, targeting the Canadian and US markets.
The ports / shipping access make sense as an inherent geographic factor, but what is leading to the cheaper cost of living for workers? Is it just that Quebec hasn’t seen the same kind of explosive population growth? A more rural population? Specific government policies?
Their democracy has strong caps on political contributions for provincial elections, so there’s less shenanigans with politicians playing around with taxpayer money.
The services such as vehicle insurance, telecom, power is the cheapest in all of Canada.
I moved to Quebec recently, and was unable to find a provincial deal on cell phones better than we already had in Ontario. I was surprised, because it certainly used to be cheaper here.
But yes, I do enjoy paying $0.07/kWh for residential electricity, and knowing that it is coming from the hydro dam just up the road from me.
The ports / shipping access make sense as an inherent geographic factor, but what is leading to the cheaper cost of living for workers? Is it just that Quebec hasn’t seen the same kind of explosive population growth? A more rural population? Specific government policies?
Their democracy has strong caps on political contributions for provincial elections, so there’s less shenanigans with politicians playing around with taxpayer money.
The services such as vehicle insurance, telecom, power is the cheapest in all of Canada.
I moved to Quebec recently, and was unable to find a provincial deal on cell phones better than we already had in Ontario. I was surprised, because it certainly used to be cheaper here.
But yes, I do enjoy paying $0.07/kWh for residential electricity, and knowing that it is coming from the hydro dam just up the road from me.