I appreciate what my colleague Mr. Bachrach has stated. The CBTU's concerns are at the centre of this discussion and this debate. We're unequivocally clear that they see opening up the contracts, especially at this sensitive point, as potentially undermining the conversations they're having with Honda and with other companies.
More than that, we're in a situation whereby Mr. Perkins is asking us to listen to and follow him, and completely ignore not just the voice of the CBTU, but the voice of Unifor, which is the largest union in Canada, and the voice of the president at the time of Unifor Local 444 in my community. That local represents thousands of auto workers who work for Stellantis. These are folks who are at the centre of this discussion because this has potential impacts on their livelihoods and their future jobs. They said they don't want to see this happen because they see it as a risk, they see it as a danger and they see it as undermining the very investments their membership relies on and will rely on for jobs. It completely ignores not just the labour side, but the business side as well.
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce was absolutely clear in saying that this would undermine Canada's competitive advantage in being able to attract future investment to this country.
Over the last four years, we've seen $50 billion of investment delivered to Canada by this federal Liberal government—