Okay, I will be fairly brief.
Again, I come from an automotive background myself, so I fully appreciate the issues raised by my colleague. The Pacifica, as he mentioned, is part of the rebate program that we proposed in the budget, as well, to counter the cuts made by the Ontario government, which were hurting sales and production in Canada.
We have seen record investments in the automotive sector since 2015, over $6 billion. There have been certain challenges in certain communities. You talked about Oshawa. We recognize those challenges and we continue to work with the automotive suppliers and the automakers to see how we can bring additional investments to Canada.
As I highlighted in the House of Commons, Mr. Chair, in the first three years of our mandate, we've seen more than 11,500 net new jobs created in the automotive sector, full-time jobs, versus the previous Conservative government, which saw 20,000 jobs lost before the recession even hit. We're very proud of the fact that we've turned the corner when it comes to the automotive sector. We've seen additional investments. More can be done and more will be done. That's why the strategic innovation fund is very important to help provide that tool that we need to bring some of those investments.