‘Confidential Matters’: Liberals Don’t Want Subsidized EV Battery Plant Contract Details Revealed

Published on November 28, 2023

Conservative MPs want more information on federal contracts with electric vehicle battery manufacturers, including whether whether Canadian taxpayers are subsidizing foreign workers, but Liberal MPs on a House of Commons committee have opposed public disclosure of the contracts. “It is important we maintain the confidentiality of these contracts in enabling us to continue to attract these investments,” said Liberal MP Charles Sousa on Nov. 27. “I am a little shocked actually. We have an opportunity here to continue to enable foreign direct investment. These are confidential matters.” The Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates suspended hearings without voting on a Conservative motion to compel disclosure of the contract terms, according to Blacklock’s Reporter....

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