Mr. Speaker, it is regrettable that Inglis has decided to close its facility in Cambridge, Ontario. It is a loss of jobs. It represents a restructuring that is occurring within that corporation as it moves its production to its main plant.
The good news of course is that in the last week or so Toyota Corporation announced that it would be investing $600 million in a major expansion to its facility in Cambridge, Ontario, creating 1,200 long term jobs in the community.
I think that represents not only a very important endorsement by one of the world's major corporations of Canadian competitiveness but it is also a clear win for Canadian workers in the auto sector who have proven that they can be productive and competitive and that they can make automobiles as good as anyone else in the world.