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Industry committee  We have had instances of internal conspiracies involving transport companies, airline companies, particularly in the drug area. As I said, no organization is immune from that. But I certainly wouldn't see it as a significant problem.

April 25th, 2007Committee meeting

John Sloan

Industry committee  Then as a large part of our workforce, we try to bring students in. We have a large program in which we bring in students after the third year of university. They stay with us for 16 months. They take a year off school for an internship program. Part of that is to help them put a little money in their pockets so they can finish school, and part of it is to expose them to our business and our industry in the hopes that we can attract them in the long term.

November 22nd, 2006Committee meeting

John Sloan

Industry committee  No, actually, we don't. That hasn't been an influence for us either in our operations or anywhere in the business. It's simply been the ease of getting things back and forth for the day-to-day border operations.

November 22nd, 2006Committee meeting

John Sloan

Industry committee  There are probably three areas. I said that manufacturing is not normally a destination of choice for our professionals when they get out of school, but as far as raising the stature of that part of our economy goes, a large percentage still has a lot of beneficial effects that it spreads through the economy.

November 22nd, 2006Committee meeting

John Sloan

Industry committee  That was no problem. Thanks for the opportunity. Celestica came into existence just over 10 years ago when IBM divested itself of its Canadian manufacturing operations at the corner of Don Mills and Eglinton here in Toronto. At that time we had about 1,000 people at the site, which was our single location.

November 22nd, 2006Committee meeting

John Sloan