- Summary- Companies- Hydro-Quebec is Canada's largest electricity producer- Employee accused of trying to steal trade secrets for China- Man will appear in court on Tuesday- Beijing calls on Canada to avoid politicising the caseOTTAWA, Nov 14 (Reuters) - An employee at Canada's largest electricity producer Hydro-Quebec who was involved in researching battery materials has been charged with espionage for allegedly trying to steal trade secrets to benefit China, Canadian police said on Monday.Wang, who is from Candiac in the province of Quebec, allegedly committed the crimes at the electricity utility from February 2018 to October 2022.Wang worked for a Hydro-Quebec research unit devoted to developing battery materials that has teamed up with industry players including the U.S. Army Research Laboratory.Police said Hydro-Quebec was cooperating fully in the investigation.TRUDEAU AND XICanada is seeking to scale up its own production and processing of critical minerals so it can produce electric vehicle batteries and battery materials domestically."