Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We have circulated a motion.
Mr. Chair, you'd think for $15 billion of hard-earned taxpayer dollars that Canada would get supply chains for batteries, some manufacturing jobs for car parts or even a steering wheel. In Windsor at Stellantis—and I know we've talked about this before—we have $15 billion going to this plant. We had news from the union, from the CBTU members, this week that at this plant they're still seeing foreign workers employed over Canadian workers. We've made noise before about how we think Canadians should have been offered these jobs. For $15 billion, Canadians should have been put front and centre. We worked with the unions to make sure these were good jobs for Windsorites. This is a plant in Windsor, and we want the good people of Windsor to have these jobs and to be working in this plant, especially for this amount of money. We are still hearing from the union that foreign workers rather than Canadian workers are still working in jobs that were promised to Canadians. At Stellantis they're even asking their Canadian suppliers to sponsor foreign workers and refugees to perform the work when there are more than 180 Canadian ironworkers and millwrights sitting at home unemployed. This is a very concerning problem right now for this government.
What we're asking for in this motion, Mr. Chair, is:
That, in regard to the government's EV battery plant subsidies, the committee invite the CEOs of Stellantis N.V., LG Energy Solutions Ltd. and NextStar Inc., and the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada to answer questions no later than Friday, May 17, 2024.
Thank you.