Thank you very much.
I think it was very clear that the Build Back Better Act would have damaged the auto industry, for instance. That's why you were there and we were there, fighting to make some amendments.
However, moving forward with the IRA, what is really interesting is how the act has put forward this connection of creating jobs in a low-carbon economy that incentivizes good jobs being present now and builds out to really good union jobs in the future through its apprenticeship training.
Because they have done some studies to say that the IRA is going to create nine million jobs over 10 years, what we have to do is ensure that the workers on the Canadian side are able to be part of this new development around the increase and expansion of manufacturing, and work towards new good jobs—union jobs, I hope—in the low-carbon economy.
We have all said there are a lot of gaps and a lack of details that are coming up, even with the things that were introduced in the FES. I would suggest that unions have to be very much involved, and involved in two ways. One way is how we can contribute a lot toward the whole discussion around the type of training, as well as how to improve the types of jobs moving forward.
I think it would serve Canada well to have a very strong union presence at the table for new policies for this framework that I spoke about. This is something that would be an advantage not just for Canadians but also in working closely with the Biden administration, which is very pro-worker and pro-unions. I think this is where we can contribute several times over to this whole endeavour as we move forward.