Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Minister, Deputy Minister, good afternoon.
I'd like to begin with two requests for Mr. Vincent.
First, would you please provide the committee with the total amount disbursed to date for the battery sector? We would appreciate it.
My second request relates to the order we discussed here. Can you provide us with the number of SMEs and jobs, by region and by sector, that are affected by this new order? How many companies will be paying these 25% tariffs?
Let me explain. We based our assessment on a University of Calgary study—which even Ms. Karina Gould cited—in stating that 55% of Quebec's exports were affected by this measure. However, over the weekend, Le Devoir reported that Desjardins had conducted an unpublished study indicating that only a quarter of Quebec's exports would actually be targeted.
I would therefore appreciate it if you could provide us with figures we can rely on.