Thank you, Chair.
It's my pleasure to speak in favour of this motion, as somebody who worked inside the steel industry. It's really a consequential time for the steel industry. The 25% tariff was manageable, but 50%, as we know, is impossible.
One of the key things that I find alarming and that I continue to find alarming here is the precedent that's being set. First, we have the contract with Stellantis, where there aren't any job guarantees. Now, we hear the new definition of success seems to be that, if we spend $400 million, we only get 1,000 job losses.
We continue to hand out money without any jobs guarantees. We have workers being affected all across the country. When we look at the auto sector, some 600,000 jobs are associated with the auto sector. All these are up and down the steel supply chain as well.
This is a very consequential issue. We need the relevant parties here at committee to testify and to make sure that the Canadian people are getting the transparency they deserve.
Thank you.