Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Giroux, I again want to say how much I appreciate your great report, particularly for Quebec. Thank you.
For decades, the auto industry has been synonymous with Ontario. Any Canadian investments made in the sector go to Ontario, and it seemed as though the federal government wasn't there when the time came to back Quebec. We see that in other sectors as well. With the battery industry and the electrification of transportation, it feels as though Quebec is finally getting a fairer share of the pie. There was skepticism at first about the benefits of those investments, but more and more, we're seeing them materialize.
Do you feel as though this initial investment is making it possible to build the supply chain at the front end? Is it useful? Could this have happened without spending billions of dollars and trying to one-up the U.S.? Could we have arrived at the same result without the subsidies?