Thank you, Madam Chair.
I want to return to Monsieur Breton.
We have heard a lot about investments that have been made in the electric vehicle sector, particularly in the last year or so. The number $15 billion has come up. Within that $15 billion, there is an announcement of a planned investment by Umicore of $1.5 billion in a net-zero facility that's dedicated to producing the essential components of EV batteries and creating 1,000 jobs in the construction sector. That dovetails with some of the just transition points that Mr. Strickland is making.
The broad theme I'm getting from all of the witnesses here is that we can't just replicate the old resource-based economy model of Canada. We need to be doing more of this fabrication. This Umicore investment is along the right path.
Can you elaborate on how we get more of that on the fabrication side? What impediments need to be removed or what incentives need to be put in place for the fabrication of the batteries themselves?