Madam Speaker, there is a lot of hope but no real solutions. What we need to do is focus on listening to the people who are saying they cannot afford to put a roof over their heads and food on their tables. These mandates are going to cost them a lot more in the end.
A study in the Canadian Journal of Economics said this plan will eliminate 38,000 auto sector jobs and cost $138.7 billion, assuming the sector never shuts down. We are going to end up losing a lot more jobs. People are going to have less money. We will have to deal with people in our rural areas who require certain vehicles to get to work, to bring their children to school and to pick up their groceries.
We need a lot more than hope. We need real solutions, and that is why banning the—