Finance committee  On the voluntary program?

Finance committee  I didn't say that. I didn't address that aspect at all. Because we're a very integrated industry, it all depends on how one intends to regulate us. What I didn't get to say was when you look at new vehicles and their contribution to greenhouse gases in Canada in terms of the tota

Finance committee  In answer to your first question, Mr. McCallum, we would agree that the accelerated capital cost allowance would be very useful, as is the case for any industry or manufacturing sector that is very capital intensive. So we would support that. Certainly, as it relates to the auto

Finance committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. I'm here on behalf of DaimlerChrysler, Ford, General Motors, and International Truck and Engine Corporation, which are member companies. Let me begin by simply saying that in today's ultra-competitive environment

Industry committee  When you talk about pensions, these are all part of the high costs, legacy costs, that exist with companies, such as DaimlerChrysler, Ford, and General Motors, that have been around for a century providing literally tens of thousands of employees with a very high standard of livi

Industry committee  Yes, perhaps I could supplement that, Mr. McTeague. The other side of this too is that we need to think about the fuel infrastructure, the fuel itself and the fuel infrastructure. We've made some tremendous progress in the areas of gasoline quality and we're making more progress

Industry committee  Sure. Essentially, if one went ahead on the basis that if you negotiate an agreement to achieve certain levels of market penetration with vehicles into the Korean market and all of a sudden you either saw backtracking on that market penetration or stalling of that market penetrat

Industry committee  I'm going to turn that over to member companies, or perhaps Mr. Adams, if he cares to comment.

Industry committee  I would just like to add more for Mr. Crête, if I may.

Industry committee  I'll be very quick. One of the main things is the huge increase in cost of materials, which is having a major impact on the supply chain. The other thing that may be of interest to you is what individual provinces might do from a regulatory standpoint, and how that affects new

Industry committee  Yes, a negative impact on suppliers in Quebec, and we'd be glad to talk to you offline about that.

Industry committee  Monsieur Crête, the report was in fact produced, and it's actually in printing. This report was not a requirement of the GHG MOU, but it was something we agreed to do beyond the memorandum of understanding. Obviously it was necessary to have it translated and printed. I believe

Industry committee  That is correct. As I said, the first report was really just a report on the process to date. The requirements under our agreement require us to report on the first annual emissions in 2007. That's when the first report is required, and that's what we plan on doing.

Industry committee  If I understand your question correctly, first, there is a series of deadlines that had to be met--180 days to establish the committee, and thereafter its mandate, and so forth.

Industry committee  That has all been done. It was all done within the timeframes; it is all part of this first report.