Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act—the American IRA, not the Irish IRA—has been called a game-changer, and we've heard that it has really shaken up forestry, indigenous development, mining and energy in Canada.
One of the key elements that Biden stated after he first went to COP was that he was going to build a new economy based on “good-paying union jobs”. We've never heard that language from the Prime Minister in his commitments.
In the fall economic statement, we heard there will be labour standards that the government is tying to tax credits. How important is it, do you think, that Canada makes sure we match what's in the IRA and makes sure that we have a commitment to good-paying union jobs as a way of building a new clean energy economy?