fact-checkedreputable news agencyproofread Canada revs up its EV batteries manufacturing type='text/javascript'> googletag. "Canada has gone from fifth to second in the world in terms of our battery supply chain," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau boasted, referring to the latest ranking by research firm BloombergNEF, which placed the country just behind China. Such investments are a reminder too that Canada will have to maintain a "sustained, accelerated pace," argues Houde, if it does not want to "get caught short of other countries