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Ukwandiswa obekulindelwe ngabomvu kwe-Toundra Greenhouses, okwamenyezelwa ngonyaka odlule ngenani elimangalisayo lamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-525, kuyaqhubeka kudonsa ukunaka. I-CEO, u-Éric Dube, ekuqaleni yabiza ukutshalwa kwezimali ngokuthi "izinga lamazwe ngamazwe." Kodwa-ke, izinyanga eziyishumi nambili ngemuva kokumenyezelwa, iveli lokungaqiniseki lisibekela iphrojekthi enkulu.
Lapho ebuzwa ngentuthuko, u-Éric Dube wathi, “Kusesekuseni kakhulu ukuthi singaxoxa.” Unikeze isibuyekezo esifushane, esho ukuthi okwamanje iphrojekthi isesigabeni sokuklama. Kusukela ngomhla ka-2 Novemba 2022, inkampani, emhlanganweni wolwazi, ikhombise ukushoda komugqa wesikhathi oqondile kodwa yazwakalisa amathemba ngokuqala kokwakha phakathi neminyaka emibili.
Le phrojekthi enwetshiwe ibheka ukwakhiwa kwamayunithi ayishumi, okuhlanganisa nezindlu ezintathu ezigcina ukushisa ezikhona kakade, ezinomugqa wesikhathi ohlongozwayo ohlanganisa iminyaka eyisikhombisa kuya kweyisishiyagalombili. Ukwengezwa kwamahektha angu-8.5 ezindawo zokugcina izithombo kuhloswe ngazo ukuhlukanisa umkhiqizo we-Toundra ngaphezu kwamakhukhamba, okuhlanganisa izinhlobonhlobo zemifino nezithelo ezifana nopelepele nama-strawberry, okuhlinzekela imakethe yaseQuebec.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, lokhu kunwetshwa kulindeleke ukuthi kulethe izinzuzo zezomnotho esifundeni sase-Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean, okungenani namabhizinisi endawo angama-300 okulindeleke ukuthi abelane ngo-$34 wezigidi ngenzuzo yezomnotho yonyaka. Lesi sifunda kulindeleke ukuthi sithole ingxenye yezinkontileka ezifinyelela ku-$205 million (39% wephrojekthi iyonke). Isilinganiso semali engenayo yentela yonyaka kaSaint-Félicien naseNormandin ilinganiselwa ku-$2.5 million.
Njengoba i-Toundra Greenhouses izulazula esigabeni sokuklama, umkhondo walo msebenzi omkhulukazi ubalulekile emphakathini wezolimo. Ukuhlukahluka kwezitshalo kanye nokuthuthuka komnotho esifundeni sase-Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean kugcizelela umthelela obanzi wale phrojekthi kwezolimo nomnotho wendawo. Iminyaka ezayo izokwembula izahluko ezingakavulwa zalolu hlelo lokuvelela.