One way or another the company's obligations are down. Company revenue is ~$200B/yr so they will easily take advantage of the full tax exemption, which you could then think of as paying workers or any other business expense (pessimist note: I strongly suspect it will not go towards higher wages or better working conditions).

Volkswagen and Stellantis have 200B Canadian revenue? Where are you getting your numbers from?

That's 10% of Canada's entire GDP

The profits might not go to the workers, but whatever they will be getting paid to work at a battery Factory is more than zero for not working. If a battery Factory doesn't pay more than the next best job, they won't have any employees

> Similarly, those workers won't have income tax exemptions

Seems unfair - why not give workers tax exemption instead, let the companies pay there way. You will attact the best talent, or so the theory goes!

In concept, that could work. People would be willing to take lower paid jobs if they were tax-free and therefore the cost of Labor at the battery Factory would be less.

However, the general Canadian public would flip their s** some people were given income tax deductions based on their job while they weren't.