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{
"time": "2026-02-12 09:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Greg McLean",
"fr": "Greg McLean"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9186059\" data-originallang=\"en\">Let me ask about something. Last week the government gave you another $1.5 billion. I presume that's on top of the $10 billion for your electrification network strategy. You've already been involved heavily in electrification through electric school buses, which we call zero-emission buses. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9186060\" data-originallang=\"en\">Looking at your investments, particularly with the Lion Electric Company in Quebec, it seems that they have been an abject failure because the company has gone bankrupt. The $50 million from the strategic investment fund went into Lion Electric, along with $140 million from the Government of Quebec. The company quickly did a pump and dump, and the president took out $33 million and put it in his own pocket just before the company went bankrupt. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9186061\" data-originallang=\"en\">To suggest that this is a success as far as your electric vehicle strategy goes\u2014the electric bus strategy\u2014would be a stretch. Would you say that?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9186059\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'aimerais poser une question. La semaine derni\u00e8re, le gouvernement vous a donn\u00e9 1,5 milliard de dollars suppl\u00e9mentaires. Je suppose que c'est en plus des 10 milliards de dollars destin\u00e9s \u00e0 votre strat\u00e9gie de r\u00e9seau d'\u00e9lectrification. Vous avez d\u00e9j\u00e0 fortement contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 l'\u00e9lectrification en investissant dans des autobus scolaires \u00e9lectriques, ce que nous appelons les autobus \u00e0 z\u00e9ro \u00e9mission. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9186060\" data-originallang=\"en\">Quand on regarde vos investissements, en particulier dans la compagnie Lion \u00c9lectrique au Qu\u00e9bec, cela semble avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 un \u00e9chec lamentable parce que l'entreprise a fait faillite. Les 50 millions de dollars provenant du Fonds d'investissement strat\u00e9gique ont \u00e9t\u00e9 affect\u00e9s \u00e0 Lion \u00c9lectrique en plus des 140 millions de dollars provenant du gouvernement du Qu\u00e9bec. L'entreprise a rapidement proc\u00e9d\u00e9 \u00e0 une op\u00e9ration de gonflage et de largage, et le pr\u00e9sident a pris 33 millions de dollars et les a mis dans ses poches, avant que la compagnie ne fasse faillite. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9186061\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il serait exag\u00e9r\u00e9 de dire que votre strat\u00e9gie en mati\u00e8re de v\u00e9hicules \u00e9lectriques \u2014 la strat\u00e9gie pour les autobus \u00e9lectriques \u2014 a \u00e9t\u00e9 un succ\u00e8s. Qu'en pensez-vous?</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/finance/45-1/26/greg-mclean-11/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/greg-mclean/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4568/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13355940",
"document_url": "/committees/finance/45-1/26/",
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}