Thank you, Mr. Chair.
It's an honour to be at this committee today, talking about this very critical issue that I know is impacting tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of GDP. I want to applaud the Conservative members of this committee for championing this and bringing it forward to ensure that the country is hearing about these recent tariff changes and how dire the situation is.
Thank you to the witnesses today for their expert testimonies.
Mr. Lecours, I want to make sure people really understand what we're talking about when we talk about the changes. I want to start with a really basic question. Could you describe, in very simple terms, what a mould is? To my understanding, it's something that has metal parts. You would pour polymer, plastic or metal into it to make a part. It's a critical piece of manufacturing.
Can you correct me on that or just provide a simple explanation to someone who may not know what a mould is and why it's so important to our industrial capacity?