Mr. Yves Giroux at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On June 14th, 2023. See this statement in context.

June 14th, 2023 / 5:35 p.m.

Parliamentary Budget Officer, Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer

Well, the government indicated that it believes that the spending the government is making towards the construction and production of batteries will pay for itself over a five-year period.

We have not verified or calculated this potential return ourselves. We have just looked at the construction phase.

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