International Trade committee  I do believe strongly that if we don't ratify the TPP, Canada will become irrelevant on a global stage. We don't want to be there. We want to be relevant. We want to be on the global stage. We want to be part of what's going on in terms of global trade and the global economy, and

International Trade committee  There's no chance of that happening. You achieve efficiency by scale. The bigger the line, the higher the volume; the more efficient that you are, the lower you can drive your costs and the more that you can drive improvement. The concept of somebody setting up something to serve

International Trade committee  We have 23 plants in Ontario.

International Trade committee  All of our facilities in Canada are in Ontario.

International Trade committee  You are asking why the Canadian plants are not seeing increased production?

International Trade committee  Yes, it depends a little on the product that you're making, obviously. Products that are gaining market share are going to be growing in volume, so it's a bit about that as well. That said, certainly we haven't seen major additional investment coming into Ontario over the last

International Trade committee  Absolutely, we absolutely should be continuing to try to bring automotive volume here to Canada and continue what is a thriving industry.

International Trade committee  We look at innovation as being two parts. In the products that we're designing, we try to solve market issues, for instance, fuel efficiency and lower emissions. We're redesigning products to try to reduce emissions and provide fuel economy. That brings our customers back because

International Trade committee  Yes, absolutely. The availability of skilled labour continues to be an issue. We're doing an enormous amount to try to develop people right here. We have more than 600 apprentices working for us globally, in our organization alone. We're growing quite rapidly. We've been growin

International Trade committee  As I was mentioning earlier, if you look at Canadian content requirements under NAFTA, they're zero. There is no requirement for this work to come to Canada. Admittedly, it's a bigger bucket with smaller players. You can leap to the conclusion that you're going to get more, but r

International Trade committee  Are you talking about in terms of protecting IP?

International Trade committee  Exactly. I think the other benefit is that if you have harmony in terms of rules, then you have fewer individual rules to follow and requirements to meet. Not having harmonious regulation adds costs to a whole bunch of different industries where they have to follow these rules,

International Trade committee  I'm all in favour of moving quickly. I think that's another key way that we compete, by being able to move fast, to be nimble, and make things happen quickly. I would always prefer to move quickly.

International Trade committee  Good evening, and thank you very much for the invitation to take part in your consultations. I'll say a few words about Linamar. Linamar is a diversified advanced manufacturing company of about 70% in auto parts, and 30% in a variety of industrial products such as access equipme

International Trade committee  Good evening, and thank you. First, I'll say a few words about Linamar. Linamar is a diverse advanced manufacturing company. We are about 70% in auto parts, and about 30% in a variety of industrial equipment, such as access equipment and harvesting equipment, as well as commer