Minister, I'm sitting next to my colleague from London North Centre. They will be receiving a significant federal investment in the form of a battery plant in St. Thomas, which is completely revitalizing that community in southwestern Ontario. Of course, we know that in Windsor we also received the very first EV battery plant in Canada, the largest auto investment in the history of this country. In my region, the NextStar battery plant is already employing 2,000 construction workers. The first 500 workers who will be building batteries have already been hired. So 2,500 workers will be building batteries for generations to come.
We had a chance to meet with the construction trades—the ironworkers, the millwrights, the IBEW in Windsor—to talk about the NextStar battery plant. What did you hear from that meeting?