Mr. Speaker, “will” is in the future; by then, it will be too late.
The Prime Minister made that promise not only to Lion Electric, but to all the company's workers, including the 400 workers who were just laid off, right before the holidays.
Lion Electric took the Prime Minister at his word at the time. The company opened a second battery plant in Mirabel, hired people and made arrangements with suppliers. Now it has empty order books because the federal government has failed to provide the subsidies it promised to clients.
The Prime Minister is partly responsible for Lion Electric's troubles. The Prime Minister himself must do something about it.
Will he?