Specifically to answer your question, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce did the presentation for the industry committee and we, as our local chamber, concur with that. Directly in manufacturing we have an aging population as well. You heard from the university saying that it is more and more difficult to get individuals into the manufacturing sector. So we have to be very cognizant of the fact that we have to keep our education levels up and get people trained and into the industries in the manufacturing sector. Because of the aging population, people are moving away and new people aren't coming in. We're not only going to have that problem in manufacturing, but in transportation as well. The trucking industry that moves our goods and services across the borders and across the GTA also has an aging population.
So education and getting youth more involved into the industry sector, manufacturing base, and the trucking base is key to the survival of the Canadian economy, I believe. And the Canadian Chamber of Commerce certainly has given you comments in regard to some of the areas that are of key concern to them. I will reiterate that competition from low-cost producers like China is one of the ones that are causing rising input costs, as are key skilled labour shortages and border crossing.
A piston going into a vehicle will cross the border at Detroit-Windsor seven times before it's put into a minivan and comes off the line at the end. And you have 3,000 trucks a day going across the Ambassador Bridge. If you have one accident, it ties everybody up. Keep in mind, gentlemen, you go down the 401 and go onto a residential road to cross the Ambassador Bridge to get onto a superhighway on the other side. That is the problem we have in Ontario. If we keep the congestion blocking us up, the manufacturing sector has to look and ask, where can I do business easier, and they will take a long, hard look at that. This is a key concern.
We have been battling. Our chamber of commerce first made a resolution to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in regard to the Windsor-Detroit border crossing in 1999 or 2000. It is now 2006, and it's still not moving forward fast enough to help the manufacturing sector in Ontario.