Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to our delegation for being here on such short notice. It's appreciated.
I want to get specifically to your solutions. We've asked you to come here, and I won't speculate on what you might need in the future. I think we want to get some advice here on what would actually protect workers' jobs.
The $60 billion has been noted, in terms of the difference from $12 billion. You specifically outlined a program--the $3,500--based on Germany's. I'm familiar with that and actually commissioned a paper on what Germany is doing for their workers. But there's one thing I worry about with the 10-year cut-off. Do you not fear that if you had a vehicle at eight or nine years you might not take advantage of it? Would it not make more sense to have a progressive payment if you had an eight-, nine-, or ten-year-old vehicle? I'd hate to see people with a nine-year-old vehicle wait another year when maybe you could phase something in a little bit different.
What are your thoughts on how to make sure this program works?