Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to talk a little more about the security implications of the Chinese EVs.
As you know, your government banned TikTok from government devices. You prohibited Huawei and had all the technology and cell phones removed from Canada. Today, in fact, the RCMP in Ontario restricted the use of Chinese EV drones, all for very similar security issues. As you're well aware, CSIS has said that the People's Republic of China is Canada's greatest espionage and foreign interference threat, and that its activities threaten Canada's national security and long-term economic prosperity. Your former colleague Chrystia Freeland said that your government was “absolutely” considering banning “Chinese-made software” in electric vehicles to counter “the security threat from China”. You cited a similar rationale in your ban a year and a half ago.
Really, nothing has changed in terms of the security threat from the software. The last time you were here, you said that you're “working on a...framework”, but the import of these is now allowed. Is this framework considering banning the software from those vehicles? Are they going to come in as empty shells in that regard?