AUTO21 has done a great deal of research in both magnesium and aluminum. We have worked on new casting and forging processes for these materials. We have worked on sheet aluminum and sheet magnesium, which would allow the production of very lightweight body structures. The key is to always retain safety while using these lighter-weight materials.
We have also worked on joining these materials, which is quite a challenging thing to do because, contrary to popular belief, they will actually corrode extremely quickly if you don't do the right things with them.
I would like to offer a very brief remark about a key government initiative that's been announced, and that's the move of the materials technology laboratory of Natural Resources Canada from Booth Street to Hamilton, Ontario. I think this is an excellent initiative. It's exactly the right thing to do, because it puts those people and their resources right in the middle of where they can best be accessed by researchers and industrial people across the country. It gives them a new facility that will help keep Canada competitive.
The materials industry in Canada is quite fundamental to how everything else we do in this country works, so I really want to support that.