Thank you so much, Mr. Chair.
I want to pick up on a point that Mr. Robson raised about productivity.
Some folks talk about spending. I like to call it investment. What we have seen in the last three years is over $30 billion of foreign direct investment. Canada is number three in terms of attracting foreign direct investment. We've seen $30 billion of investment in the last three years in the clean-tech sector. You have incredibly innovative companies, global and world-class companies, setting up shop here in Canada.
Obviously there is Stellantis, and LG is building batteries in my hometown. LG is a world leader in battery manufacturing. There is Volkswagen in St. Thomas, which is, again, a multi-billion dollar investment. There is Northvolt in Quebec. Then you have a number of other companies up and down the supply chain like Umicore, which is going to build cathodes. There are POSCO and GM. Again, these are all incredibly innovative companies.
Do you see the potential, the opportunity, for productivity gains with these companies setting up shop in Canada, highly innovative companies, especially if it's through tech transfer or knowledge transfer? I'm just curious if you could maybe speak to that.