Hello Cattleman,
You are 1000000% right!!
Do you enjoy the green sun and the ouzo?
Silicon is the buildingblock of the future, so Canada can play a worldrole in that future.
Quantumcomputing is also relying on silicon so our future is exactly what Hpq and Pyrogenesis want : bringing back primary production of silicon to the western world away from China.
READ THIS ARTICLE BELOW and think about that .
https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/building-a-silicon-quantum-computer-chip-atom-by-atom/
Have a nice day
JANNEMAN