Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being with us.
My questions are for Mr. Shipley.
You're the CEO and co-founder of a cybersecurity software firm out of New Brunswick. In your opening remarks, you outlined a number of national security and public safety concerns over Chinese electric vehicles entering the Canadian market. I'd like to expand on your opening remarks with my line of questioning.
On the national security side, the Liberal government is allowing Chinese EVs to gain a foothold in the Canadian market, with 49,000 under the reduced tariffs structure annually. It begins this year and will rise to 70,000 annually by 2030. You alluded to China's national security law allowing the government in Beijing to access data from Chinese-owned companies, including electric vehicle companies there, for example. In the past, you have made public comments relating this to the same rationale as Canada banning Huawei and to our 5G capabilities. I would also mention TikTok on government devices.
Can you elaborate on how that same logic would apply to Chinese electric vehicles entering the Canadian market?