Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I would like to thank the committee members for their welcome this morning. This is my first meeting with the finance committee.
I would also like to thank the witnesses for coming.
Mr. Nantais, I appreciated your presentation on the automotive innovation fund. Of course the NDP were strong supporters in putting this proposal forward and putting in place the innovation fund.
I would like you to speak just a little bit more to what the impacts have been in terms of the automotive sector generally, including job creation and investment, as a result of the fund over the last few years.