“Mr. Chair, it is not necessarily other countries creating electric vehicle subsidies that benefit the American EV auto sector. Again, I do not understand. The minister did not answer my question about why our taxpayer dollars are going to benefit the American electric vehicle market when our auto sector needs support. He did not answer that at all, but we will move on. It is very clear that the government is going to keep doubling down, but what is really shocking is that, despite all the struggles he is having in getting this electric vehicle strategy off the ground and despite billions of dollars that the government is trying to get out the door to attract this investment, the minister is bringing in 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles, which will represent a third of the electric vehicle market in this country. We cannot hope to compete with the subsidies that China provides. How can he justify this when our auto sector is struggling?”
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Mr. Chair, Positioning · 55 wordsI think everyone watching, particularly those in Oshawa and in southwestern Ontario, know that this minister and this government have been standing shoulder to shoulder with them.Unearned certaintyWe can talk to the unions, the local union members, the industry partners and the manufacturers.We have stood with industry and workers every step of the way.PositioningClaims · 28 wordsWhen I started in my previous job as minister of industry, we made investments to make sure that the sector would grow and adapt to the new reality.1Reasoning · 21 wordsThis is a fast-evolving market, but the investments we are making today need to take into account the future as well, Partly on pointProcedure · 7 wordsand I think the member will recognize—Procedure
