Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I am not a witness, but I want to take a moment to answer my friend, Mr. Martel, who asked earlier if it was possible to make batteries in North America, particularly in Canada. He should remember that First Phosphate produced a lithium, iron and phosphate battery made entirely in Canada. We have all the minerals, we're not dependent on the Chinese, and we can make batteries. We have to develop the sector.
Mr. Côté, I'm glad you're here. I've visited your facilities. I've often repeated what you told me, like a parrot. It allowed me to sound smart a couple of times.
I still want to come back to a fairly important point you made in your opening remarks.
We need an industrial electrification policy. Earlier, my friend, Mr. Guay, asked you about the federal tax credit. However, in my discussions with certain stakeholders—namely you and Normand Mousseau of the Institut de l'énergie Trottier—I got the impression this industrial electrification policy doesn't exist.
Can you tell us what first steps could the federal government take or how it could intervene to facilitate the implementation of this type of industrial policy?