Let's be very clear, and I'm saying this to everyone.
Mr. Bilodeau, I'm not attacking you, I'm attacking the whole initiative. In the mandate letter for the net zero accelerator initiative, it says that it's aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% to 45%. I'm not making up a number. My question is not based on an answer that's not available, but rather on a letter of intent, a mandate letter, which states that your objective is to reduce emissions by 40% to 45%. However, you're unable to specify the reduction you will achieve through a company to which you have awarded $700 million.
Canadians recently learned that a green energy investment fund, a sustainable technology development fund, contained $500 million. Of that, $390 million—almost four out of five dollars—was not managed ethically or according to the rules. Canadians have a right to wonder why the figures aren't available.
I'd like to talk about something else, and that's Lion Electric. We're talking about $50 million here. As you know, unfortunately, Lion Electric is experiencing considerable difficulties, which no one is happy about. Earlier this week, the mayor of Saint‑Jérôme gave his opinion on the matter. He reminded us that Justin Trudeau visited the Lion plant itself three years ago to announce a program to support the purchase of buses by school transportation in Canada, but that the program never really materialized. That's $50 million, and I'm not the one saying that the program never came to be. It was the mayor of Saint‑Jérôme.