Industry committee  Again, I'm afraid I'm not an expert in policy abroad, but from what I see, they seem to have a systemic approach to everything. I had a minute with the former prime minister of Finland in Kyoto a couple of years ago at a conference, and I asked, how did you transform Nokia from a

Industry committee  Let me preface my remarks by saying I'm not an expert in economics or in trade. But I will tell you this, from my observations of the automotive sector around the world--sorry, I would also say I'm a taxpayer, so I have a problem with excess spending. That's why I keep emphasizin

Industry committee  Thank you very much for your question. First of all, you're right. The OEMs, the automakers, are foreign owned, but what has been found--and this has been the case for a long time, and each of the OEMs is a little different in this respect--is that of the five companies, the Can

Industry committee  AUTO21 has done a great deal of research in both magnesium and aluminum. We have worked on new casting and forging processes for these materials. We have worked on sheet aluminum and sheet magnesium, which would allow the production of very lightweight body structures. The key is

Industry committee  AUTO21 does quite a lot of work on energy-related issues in manufacturing both to improve the energy efficiency of processes and to develop new materials that will basically take weight out of the car and yet retain safety, which is a critical issue; and that will impact the ener

Industry committee  I think before more funding is applied, a more effective program design has to be developed.

Industry committee  I actually testified five or six years ago.

Industry committee  Thank you very much. It's an honour and a pleasure to be here. In my brief, which I'll be referring to in my testimony today, I introduce the AUTO21 network of centres of excellence, which is one of over 20 networks of centres of excellence funded by the Canadian federal governm