Do you believe that the provision in clause 4.2, allowing the.... I'll just read it directly, at the end of page 55:
If at any point during the Term of this Agreement, and assuming that the Recipient had located its battery cell and module productions in the United States, the Recipient would become ineligible to elect the AMPC's cash payment option, but would remain eligible to receive the AMPC's tax credit, the minister will continue to offer the Recipient the Contribution payments as described in this Agreement.
Is that really in the interests of Canada? Could you comment on that clause specifically? Is it really in the interests of Canadian taxpayers to subsidize Stellantis in this contract if they go to the United States?
How does that protect Canadian sovereignty? How did this contract do that? Look at where we are, Deputy Minister.
