I think that really is modelled on the Canadian Automotive Partnership Council model, which involved the participation of academia, workers, and parts manufacturers. I think where CAPC might have been lacking a little bit was in representation from my membership more broadly. It's one thing to have the manufacturers present, but potentially, at any given time, any company could possibly become a manufacturer in Canada. So I think our voice might not have been heard as much at that table. I think, in theory, the idea was to get the government, academia, and industry--all facets of industry--together to try to formulate the types of things Mr. Nantais referred to earlier. How do we deal with the issue of standards disharmony? How do we deal with the environmental issues we're looking at? How do we deal with things like human resources, for instance? So all those things were looked at through that lens of having all the parties that could possibly make a difference around the table.
On March 9th, 2009. See this statement in context.