After receiving a $240 million loan from the Legault government, young Swedish company Northvolt will pay nearly $7.2 million in welcome tax to Saint-Basile-le-Grand and McMasterville to expand its operations here Build a battery mega factory.
“The McMasterville Bill [1,27 M$] was acquitted and that of Saint-Basile [5,9 M$] is currently being paid out,” Northvolt spokeswoman Emmanuelle Rouillard-Moreau told the Journal.
“These are the regular rates,” she added when asked about the issue by Le Journal.
Last Tuesday, Le Journal reported that Northvolt would be entitled to a special agreement on municipal taxes.
The mayor of Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Yves Lessard. Screenshot TVA News
In recent days, the mayor of Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Yves Lessard, told the Journal that it was difficult to say what the property tax would be “because we don't know the value very well and until then don’t know.” Building is being constructed.
“She [Peter Carlsson et Paolo Cerruti, patrons de Northvolt] were a little surprised at how it worked for us. They realized [qu’il fallait payer des taxes municipales ici] and they actually brought in specialists from here to support them,” he continued.
Public funds
Almost $1.4 billion in government aid of all kinds and $1.5 billion in production incentives will go to Northvolt if battery production goes as planned.
“They left a lot of money on the table,” admitted Northvolt co-founder Paolo Cerruti in an interview with the Journal. Photo Martin Jolicoeur
According to Quebec Premier François Legault, the battery sector as a whole could generate more than 50 billion investments and 16,000 jobs.
Last week, the CEO of Investissement Québec (IQ) acknowledged the “economic risk” of pouring $2.7 billion of public money into the battery sector so far in an interview with the Journal.
“It’s a damn good deal. It certainly represents an economic risk. The sector is not yet built,” explained Guy LeBlanc.
– In collaboration with Sylvain Larocque and Pascal Dugas Bourdon
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