Mr. Chair, I very much respect my hon. colleague's perspective and experience, but I am afraid that I would have to respectfully disagree with him on a couple of points. One is that I do think the future of the auto sector is one that is going to pivot away from the internal combustion engine. I think that the most far-sighted, intelligent economies of the world will be making those investments now to build the cars of the future, not the cars of the past.
Again, I have heard time and time again from businesses over my time as an elected MP that what businesses need is certainty. They can respond to different policies but they need certainty. This lurching change in EV policy has confused the industry. I think it is bad for the environment, bad for the climate and bad for investment in this country when the government alters its position.
By the way, it is very different from what the Liberals said during the election campaign as well, which I think contributes to a sense of political cynicism in this country when voters think they are voting for one thing and they get another.