Industry committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and committee members. Thank you for the invitation to take part in your study of the Canadian manufacturing sector. I'm very pleased to be here today on behalf of the Automotive Industries Association of Canada and its members, with more than 4,000 l

Industry committee  There's no specific information I have that I could share in that regard. It's something we could maybe look at it and provide more feedback on. I wouldn't be able to comment specifically.

Industry committee  That's a great question. Thank you very much. As I alluded to in my original presentation, the car as it is today is evolving. How it's going to be owned and operated is going to change dramatically. I used the term “telematics” to refer to the disrupter in what's coming. To an

Industry committee  In fact, there are no product standards for aftermarket parts in Canada. If we build a car in Canada, Transport Canada has a set of requirements as to how this car would be produced, but once they're actually sold and on the road, there aren't specific product standards that woul

Industry committee  That's right.

Industry committee  Essentially, the existing sets of regulations apply to finished vehicles. They would not apply specifically to the parts themselves, so it would have to be a new set of standards that would apply to the parts themselves.

Industry committee  That's correct.

Industry committee  That's right. The example of specific products such as asbestos is a great example of low-hanging fruit. They're very easy to address to ensure that we get good-quality products that are not harmful.

Industry committee  It is important to our sector. R and D is important, obviously. The pace at which cars evolve today is accelerating, so the rate of development in the capacity to build good aftermarket parts is also increasing. In short, yes, it is.

Industry committee  Sure. Thank you. Essentially, when we did our research around TPP, the 20 or more of our members who manufacture in Canada today highlighted the fact that most or some of their manufacturing is already done through partnership in Asia, non-inclusive of the countries involved wit

Industry committee  On the labour market information front, we're definitely working with various stakeholders. A good example is the creation of some good partnerships with the Automotive Business School of Canada in Barrie. It's a great collaborative effort between the institution and industries i

Industry committee  I'll make this quick. We try to silo the aftermarket from original manufacturer supply, when in fact many of those manufacturers that do supply the aftermarket are also directly supplying the original automaker. To answer your question, some of them, the larger manufacturers su

Industry committee  For sure, if an organization like ours were finding it challenging to be able to properly engage a wide variety of trade schools and polytechnics that offer various types of programs that feed into the automotive sector overall and into the aftermarket in particular, then with re

Industry committee  It's early, it's evolving, it's clearly something we would need to research more, but it's clearly going to influence the supply chain. I'd like to tie it back to product standards and ensuring that as the method by which we produce parts changes or evolves, all the way down to

Industry committee  I'm not sure I can express an opinion. We have to look at that from the perspective of our manufacturers based in Canada who export. Of our a membership base of about 150 people, about 20 of them are core manufacturers in Canada and we will need to see how that impacts them and