I am seeing some movement. I've had discussions with Minister Champagne over the last few months, and I know that the federal government is working very hard to be able to make some interesting announcements.
We've seen some smaller but nevertheless significant announcements in Quebec with Lion, the battery plant, and we are seeing companies that want to invest in either cell manufacturing or battery pack manufacturing, so I'm confident that Canada will be able to land the production of EV batteries.
Obviously, this build back better plan is a threat. I'm convinced that it could defer or deter some investment here and divert it to United States, so that's one thing that is really concerning to us.
If you don't mind my saying, the purported fact that to buy an electric car, you have to spend $100,000 on an EV doesn't make sense. Most people drive electric cars costing between $30,000 to $60,000. This $100,000 nonsense, I can't believe I'm hearing it, or the fact that we're saying that, if we live in Canada, it's really hard to travel when you go across the country in an EV. I drove from Berthierville to Toronto—I'm here in Toronto today—which was 640 kilometres, in a full EV with four people and a dog in the car with no issue at all. There are a lot of misconceptions regarding EVs nowadays.