I was just getting there, Mr. Chair.
We want to achieve what's best for Canada, and what's best for Canada is to maintain our industrial base, of which the auto industry is a major component. How do we do that? We continue talking to the Americans. We continue discussing. We continue negotiating, and those negotiations are now at a very critical point. We need to continue doing that, no matter how unpleasant it might be.
Back to the motion, in this context, where we are continuing to negotiate with the U.S. administration, I think the motion would be very damaging to Canada, in the sense that we would be making public information that is contained in private commercial contracts. That would damage Canada's reputation as a welcoming site for foreign direct investment, which is the case. Canada welcomes foreign direct investment. We've always done that, and we will continue to do that.
What we also said—and what the Minister of Industry has said—is that we are hugely disappointed with the role that Stellantis took, and they will face the consequences if and when they go ahead with this.
In the meantime, if we are to release those contracts, totally without any provisions to keep private information confidential, it would be, in my opinion, very damaging for the reputation of Canada, especially given the environment in which we now find ourselves.
I agree with Ms. Gaudreau that every dollar counts. Every dollar truly is very important. We want to keep attracting foreign investment. To do that, confidential information must remain confidential. If contracts end up being broken, the responsible parties will face the consequences. However, we won't make assumptions about how this will unfold. This is an extremely sensitive time in our negotiations with the United States. It would be a shame to spoil that at the last minute just to achieve some very short-term political objectives.