Minister, one concern we have is that, when we look at 70% of trade, which is about $500 billion that goes back and forth across the border, we have a mandate on EVs in Canada. By 2035, there will be a ban on gas combustion engines. Hybrids are included as well. When we look at the Americans, they don't have that ban.
When we look at what's happening between the U.S. and Canada, it seems that the reason we waited four months to look at tariffs—the Americans looked at them in February, and we didn't look at them until June—was due to the fact that we have to rely on imports from China, whether they are critical minerals or EVs, to fulfill the mandate Canada has, which the U.S. doesn't.
Is that true?