I feel we could work collaboratively. When I was responsible for the Quebec government's strategy to electrify transportation, I persuaded that government to come to a collaborative research and development agreement with California. The agreement was signed and it is still in effect today.
We have complementary expertise. In terms of natural resources, Canada has the strategic critical minerals that the United States wants. We must not forget one extremely important point: at the moment, 96% of the batteries for electric vehicles are made in China, Japan and Korea. For geopolitical reasons, as well as economic and environmental reasons, a collaboration between Canada and the United States could counter our dependence on strategic resources and batteries for electric vehicles. The collaboration would result in a North American strategy to electrify transportation.
The same thing happened in the 20th century with oil from the Middle East. We do not want to find ourselves in a vulnerable situation when it comes to electrifying transportation.