Mr. Chair, I thank my colleague for his excellent speech. He was perfectly on point, as usual. He has a good understanding and a good grasp of his files. I am hearing that we are moving forward, that we are moving backward, that we are moving too fast and that we are not moving fast enough. However, there is one thing I know for sure.
The electric vehicle industry has a significant presence in my riding. There was Lion Electric, which manufactured buses and was told by the former Liberal government to produce lots of electric buses, because everyone would want them and they would sell really well. The company bought equipment and increased production, but in the end, the zero emission transit fund never applied to that company and its school buses.
As a result, production slowed and then slowed some more. The company shut down and then reopened. The new Liberal government had said it was going to focus on this, but it recently announced that it was cutting subsidies and that the idea of complete electrification by 2030 was over. The government is taking one step forward, one step back.
I would like to ask my colleague this: How much does it cost to keep taking one step forward and one step back? In addition to the companies that are being forced to shut down, how much are the government's spending choices costing the people of Quebec and Canada?