Thank you.
The LG battery plant that we will build with our Korean partners is the beginning. You have the Northvolt battery plant in Montreal, Quebec, a $7-billion investment that will provide 3,000 jobs for Quebeckers. That's fantastic. I guarantee you that there will be folks from Sweden who will come to Montreal and who will help Montreal and help Quebec be successful in building batteries.
With Volkswagen, there will be another $10-billion investment in St. Thomas, and 5,000 workers. I am almost certain there will be some Germans who will come to St. Thomas. They will be welcomed by that wonderful community, that warm community. They will help St. Thomas revitalize its manufacturing and auto industry and help build batteries for the North American market.
Mr. Chair, investments worth $30 billion have taken place in the last couple of years. Canada is the number three country in the world for foreign direct investment. We are partnering with the world to build electric vehicles and batteries in this country. Canada is leading the transition to zero-emission vehicles. It burns the Conservatives' butts to hear that.
Mr. Chair, I want us to speak in facts. I want us to put the politics aside and to put the games aside, because there is far too much on the line for manufacturing communities like mine that have suffered and struggled for far too long. This battery plant is our future. It is my community's future. It is our great hope. It will be the future that is built by Canadian workers, by Windsor workers.
Thank you.