International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  I think I was going to get whiplash nodding in agreement. For years now, CME has been calling for an overarching industrial strategy for Canada. To Brian's point, we have that. The Monique Leroux report consulted with industry and all the players last year. It's on the shelf co

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  That's a great question. We've been focusing a lot on auto. That's what a lot of these proposals are targeted towards. All of manufacturing is being peeled away. We have energy production, mining and auto. Canada's response to the IRA needs to take into account all of these othe

International Trade committee  My quick answer is yes.

International Trade committee  Just to build on what the others have already said, I note we have a pretty big tool box already here in Canada for the various programs that are needed and have been contemplated in the IRA. It's sort of a mixed bag. We have a program that has just been dwarfed by the U.S. equiv

International Trade committee  If we don't have the mines up and running already, the timelines or time horizons for a new development are years if not decades sometimes. These are big, long-term investments. The concern that we have right now is that the incentives are so big in the IRA in the U.S. that we wo

International Trade committee  Good morning. It's my pleasure to be here on behalf of Canada's 90,000 manufacturers and exporters and our association's 2,500 direct members to discuss the impacts of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act on Canadian manufacturing. The manufacturing industry directly generates 10% o