Environment committee  We would support that wholeheartedly. If you look at a stool with three legs, one leg is incentives, another leg is infrastructure and the third leg is a broad educational campaign. I think it has been proven time and time again that we need more education about electric and hydr

Environment committee  I have to say that you're wise to look for those jobs and for that economic activity. I guess I would just counter what you said. Your statistics may be right, but in Canada, 85% of what we build goes somewhere else, and that somewhere else is the United States. Really, only abou

Environment committee  Sure. I would start by saying that I don't believe at this point there's any manufacturer that is making money on a zero-emission vehicle. The quantum of that inherent loss is debatable, but there have been public figures out there in the neighbourhood of $9,000 to $15,000 or so

Environment committee  In terms of cost parity with ICE vehicles, there are numerous dates out there. By the end of this decade is generally conceived to be a fairly accurate time frame.

Environment committee  The demand is there because the incentive is there. I think that's what's been proven in British Columbia and to a lesser extent in Quebec. British Columbia had a market penetration of about 9% ZEVs because they have had an incentive in place for the last many number of years. Th

Environment committee  Yes. Is that better?

Environment committee  I do.

Environment committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and honourable members—

Environment committee  Sure.

Environment committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and honourable members, for the opportunity to appear in front of you today. I apologize for the technical difficulties getting connected to the meeting, but I do appreciate the opportunity to be here. I want to start off by saying that Global Aut

International Trade committee  I think it's already been mentioned that the holdup is not Mexico and the holdup is not Canada. The holdup is actually the U.S. Congress. It remains to be seen what's going to transpire down there, but as has been mentioned by other panellists, I think it's important to put our b

International Trade committee  Well, it's like anything else. I think certainty is key, and long-term certainty is key. Having a five-year sunset clause is a very short time frame in the overall scheme of automotive investment and automotive planning. I think that not to have that in place was very important a

International Trade committee  Yes. I think the fact that the side letters are in place right now and not waiting for the ratification of the agreement is important. They're not ideal, but I think they do provide protection for the automobile manufacturers in the Canadian marketplace.

International Trade committee  I would say what you're probably dealing with is essentially historical. The plants that are currently operating in Canada were all put in Canada to serve the North American marketplace and the North American marketplace exclusively. That's not to say that with the CETA, as you n

International Trade committee  I think if you look at the automotive industry in Canada, it's an industry of hundreds of thousands of people, from Mr. Volpe's members through the whole vehicle assembly sector as well. I think that, if you don't have access to the United States, you really in effect don't have