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House Hansard - 238

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 24, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 238 - Oct/24/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen (Kingston and the Islands, Lib.)
  • Oct/24/23 2:53:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canada is already well on its way to becoming a global leader in the production of electric vehicles and EV battery manufacturing. Unfortunately, the Conservative Party has its eyes closed to this. Just last week, the Conservative member for Sarnia—Lambton repeated the absurd myth in this House that EVs routinely catch on fire and do not work in the winter. Meanwhile, in eastern Ontario, we recently saw one of North America's largest investments in EV battery manufacturing. Can the minister tell us why the government sees these investments as being so important for Canada?
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Context: House Hansard - 238 - Oct/24/23
Ms. Marilyn Gladu
  • Oct/24/23 3:20:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. During question period, the government House leader and the member for Kingston and the Islands stated that I had provided misinformation about fires and batteries. I would like to inform the House that the Bureau of Transportation's statistics says that 3.5% of hybrid and electric vehicles—
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