Minister, just building on that, if I could, then, why has the Ford Motor Company said that it's going to slow its EV production to 2027? The GM facility in my community, just next to my riding, has already indicated that it's going to slow down the timing of its EV battery production. There are 300 employees who have been laid off. Their V6 line has already been torn out, and GM has made the decision that it's not ready to proceed.
We've had witnesses like Brian Kingston come forward in saying that there's a disconnect between this government's environmental policies and its investment policies. We're looking for alignment with what's going on in the United States, for example, in terms of the EV.
How can we facilitate the growth of the EV market in Canada when we can't get a critical minerals mine built for 15 years? Our supply chain is not there. We're not getting sales by Canadians to buy EVs because the cost is too high in this country. We're going to become a dumping ground for China, which has dominated the EV market. How are we going to respond to that?