Bloc Leader Yves François Blanchet says he wants to bring vaccine plant to Quebec
MONTREAL — A new Moderna vaccine manufacturing facility is more likely to be built in Quebec if voters choose the Bloc Québécois over Justin Trudeau’s Liberals, Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet said on Saturday.
Massachusetts-based drug maker Moderna said the company will build an mRNA vaccine manufacturing plant in Canada — its first facility outside the United States.
Liberal candidate Francois-Philippe Champagne, in his capacity as innovation minister, announced the news with Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel in Montreal on Aug. 12, without giving a specific location.
Blanchet said many Liberal candidates in Quebec would not push for the facility to be built in the province if their party once again forms government.