Evidence of meeting #89 for Government Operations and Estimates in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was amendment.
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8:25 p.m.
Some hon. members
Oh, oh!
8:25 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley
He says ”this part”. Help us all and stick only to the new part, Mr. Kusmierczyk, please.
8:25 p.m.
Liberal
Irek Kusmierczyk Liberal Windsor—Tecumseh, ON
The article reads:
Anyone who knows anything about the startup of major industrial projects knows that it takes a lot of different people, in many different jobs, to pull these things together.
It goes on to say:
For one thing, there is nothing new about Canadian firms leaning on foreign professionals when launching new industrial projects.
Anyone who has spent halfa-second studying the auto industry knows there isn't a single, mass-scale battery cell production facility operating in Canada. This is the reason Stellantis opted for a joint venture with LG Energy in the first place: to tap into this technical expertise.
This is no different than what happens during a new vehicle product launch. In fact, teams of U.S. workers were temporarily brought over the border to help get the GM Ingersoll plant up and running...
It's embarrassing, quite frankly, the tenor of political debate on this issue.
This is the important part:
And it's doing a disservice to all of us who have been scratching and clawing to rebuild the auto industry into the powerhouse it once was—
I won't read the part where she says, “no thanks to harmful Conservative trade policy or economic ideology.”
Finally, it reads:
No one has more at stake in this matter than Canadian autoworkers.
I will just read the last part. I appreciate your latitude, Mr. Chair. It reads:
This NextStar battery plant will provide jobs to help transition workers, including Unifor members, displaced in the EV shift. And it is the linchpin for future EV assembly Unifor members will do in both Windsor and Brampton.
Without comparable government supports for battery plants as provided by the U.S, this plant would have been built south of the border.
It's as simple as that. But in today's politics, why should facts get in the way of good story?
Mr. Chair, I move that the committee do now adjourn.
8:30 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley
I have a motion to adjourn.
(Motion agreed to: yeas 6; nays 4)
Colleagues, we are adjourned.