Transport committee  Yes, sir.

Transport committee  It's actually a very effective model. When we put out a call for proposals, essentially the researchers will go to the industry to find out what the key problems are. Then the industry and the researchers will do a due diligence to ensure that there really is the capability there

Transport committee  We have four or five of those too.

Transport committee  The point is that the role of the universities is to create knowledge and educate people. The role of business is to commercialize knowledge and create money, jobs, and wealth for Canadians out of it, and for their shareholders.

Transport committee  Exactly.

Transport committee  Exactly.

Transport committee  My name is Peter Frise, and I'm the scientific director and chief executive officer of AUTO21, which is Canada's national automotive research network. I'm a mechanical engineer and I helped found the first automotive engineering program in Canada, at the University of Windsor, in

Subcommittee on the Automotive Industry in Canada committee  There actually is a Canadian body that serves that function, and that's the Canadian Automotive Partnership Council, CAPC. In fact, that model has been envied around the world. I hear about it all the time when I travel. It includes the major automakers. Reid Bigland is a member

Subcommittee on the Automotive Industry in Canada committee  It's just within Canada, but that is the kind of structure, I think, that you're talking about and it does exist. It's been very successful at exchanging views and bringing forward good policy recommendations.

Subcommittee on the Automotive Industry in Canada committee  I'm really not as equipped to talk to the specifics of the numbers as Dennis is. But again, these are some of the best jobs in our society in terms of technology, the high-value-added engineering jobs and R and D jobs that are associated with vehicle design and also.... And agai

Subcommittee on the Automotive Industry in Canada committee  Yes, I would. I'm not an economist, but I travel a lot and I look at the auto industry all around the world. As I said at the outset, this is happening everywhere. Virtually every major industrial nation is assisting its auto industry, with a view to helping them survive this v

Subcommittee on the Automotive Industry in Canada committee  We started the work in vehicle health and safety. We looked carefully at what kind of work was being done around the world and we wanted to make sure that we made a contribution. As with most things in Canada, we carved out a niche in vehicle safety for children and vehicle saf

Subcommittee on the Automotive Industry in Canada committee  I just want to make sure that we're clear, Ms. Hall Findlay, that when I talked about the Canadian companies we work with, I wasn't speaking about the automakers and making any differentiation between one group and the other. I was talking about the parts companies. In the main,

Subcommittee on the Automotive Industry in Canada committee  I would say that it would be disastrous--devastating. The auto industry is the foundation of petrochemicals. It's the foundation of our transportation industry and our mining and metallurgical industry. I have a patent right here, which was just awarded the other day, for an AUTO

Subcommittee on the Automotive Industry in Canada committee  I'll just give you a little fact. Four of the top ten plants in North America, from the standpoint of productivity and quality, are in Canada. This isn't an accident. Some of them are older plants, and some of them are newer plants. The common ingredient is the Canadian worker. T