I know, but the government nevertheless gave Volkswagen some subsidies. You opened the door to the industry by giving the company a record amount in subsidies. The till will soon be empty unless your telephone stops ringing with all kinds of other companies asking for as much as the government gave Volkswagen. But then that's another topic.
I'd like to get back to Bill C‑34.
Neo Lithium was bought in January 2022 by a company owned by the Chinese government. In November 2022, about 10 months later, the Canadian government asked three Chinese companies not to get involved in Canada's critical minerals sector.
Why wasn't that done for Neo Lithium? It seems to me that it too was a national security issue.