Earlier this month Joanna Kyriazis, your director of public affairs at Clean Energy Canada, made a statement in response to the Parliamentary Budget Officer's report on production subsidies for Stellantis and Volkswagen. She said:
As the U.S. moves quickly to invest in, and capture benefits from, a booming North American battery industry, Canadian government support has been essential to keep pace with our most important trade partner. The clean energy transition is the economic opportunity of a generation and, as such, is a deeply competitive one. Canada has many natural advantages, from abundant mineral resources to a highly skilled labour force, and yet success will only be rewarded to those countries that work for it.
My question to you is this: How will the IRA affect the competitiveness of Canada's mining industry, especially with the IRA's focus on “buy American” policies?