Charlie Angus at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On October 5th, 2006. See this statement in context.

October 5th, 2006 / 4:05 p.m.

NDP

Charlie Angus NDP Timmins—James Bay, ON

I have just one more question in light of designing a new passenger car.

These are big-ticket items. Companies aren't buying them every day, and you need a dedicated industrial capacity that can do that. Has the loss of some of that industrial capacity—you said it was 50% since the 1980s—left us with a gap in being able to take advantage or move forward if the railways are interested in examining newer technologies?

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