Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister, for being with us today.
In September 2024, when you were foreign affairs minister, you imposed a 100% tariff on Chinese EVs. You called it an EV surtax order because “increasing Chinese EV imports [is] expected to undermine the growth and development of the Canadian EV industry” and other comparable vehicles. That's what you said in the Gazette.
As you know, 15 months later, in January 2026, you struck a deal with China to allow 49,000 Chinese EVs into Canada at a much lower tariff rate. I'm reading this and thinking that you've made a deal with China that directly undermines the Canadian auto industry. That's in your own words based on your assessment from September 2024.
I'm deeply concerned about this. I'm trying to figure out why you aren't.