Transport committee  We have a conference once a year. We try to include some business aspects and technical aspects, and we have touched on a related topic to that. At least the owners of the companies definitely are taking note. I'm not familiar enough to be able to answer that really well, but I

Transport committee  Six years.

Transport committee  I started out working for Western Star Trucks back in 1983, and I've taken on roles all through the design, engineering, and manufacturing engineering, but a big portion was related after doing some work on brake system design as compliance engineer, compliance manager, and deali

Transport committee  During that time I was actually on the board of directors of the CTEA as a Western Star representative, so I was very familiar with the association. I probably enjoy this job as much as any job I've done, to be honest. I love the people. I love the—

Transport committee  Right now, to be honest, it's really survival with the economic recovery.

Transport committee  Yes. I would say the economy, and maintaining cashflow and jobs. Cashflow has been a really significant issue. We have lost about a dozen members to the economic downturn, and unfortunately, in many cases, it was a cashflow issue.

Transport committee  In general, I'd have to say that anything that helps maintain cash within the company is going to help.

Transport committee  Yes, and fortunately we can bring people back to work. Training people is a key area too, actually.

Transport committee  To be honest, it's pretty much equal. Both are important. The Motor Vehicle Safety Act, of course, is critical to the actual manufacture of the vehicles.

Transport committee  It depends on the province, but I'd say that some of the provinces have been quite a bit of an issue.

Transport committee  Ontario is probably one of the most interesting ones, as far as coming up with changes that are challenging to put in place.

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  I think there is. At least Transport Canada or the federal government is at the table in most cases. I'm not sure—there are these jurisdictional issues—how far they can go, but I'm going to take a little bit of a spinoff here, in a way, to answer your question. One of the key t

Transport committee  To be honest, I think we're way ahead of the U.S., because in this particular case, when it comes to the federal rules especially, to be a registered company to manufacture vehicles in the U.S., you send a letter and say, “Hey, these are the vehicles I'm manufacturing”, and they