International Trade committee  I have reports I can give you on a call to action. There's a whole CAPC group, including all the OEMs, parts suppliers, and Unifor, that has made some recommendations on that. Ultimately, in order to be competitive, you have to look at your all-in costs, and those are part of th

International Trade committee  Well, as I was preparing today, I got an email saying that the President of Mexico is coming to Ontario. He wants to visit my head office. He wants to see a plant, because we're also a big employer in Mexico. The Prime Minister of Canada has been there a number of times. Sandr

International Trade committee  We have to support the local champions. Ray Tanguay did that in Japan and said, “I want you to build the Lexus in Cambridge.” It's the only plant outside of Japan that does the Lexus, and it's in Canada.

International Trade committee  I always have to be a little careful because the OAMs happen to be my clients or customers. The reality is that a lot of it is quite overblown. The reality is the OAMs are here, and they want to sell product to our customers. I have said in the past I like the idea of what we di

International Trade committee  That's a stick that we've lost, but I would suggest that people look at potential sticks when you have that discussion. I do think the auto OAM that leaves Canada and shuts down the plants will probably suffer from fewer sales in Canada because it will be viewed in a particular

International Trade committee  Ray has done a good job bringing work to Canada. I think he's a great Canadian. He's my co-chair on the investment committee for CAPC, so I have to say nice things about him, and I do. He's a real champion for Canada. Take a look at what General Motors is looking at. I'd like to

International Trade committee  Well, suicidal is a big word, but it kind of gets your attention. It's silly. Let's take the automotive industry, but it's true of manufacturing as well. We make things together; it's a seamless industry. The typical vehicle has parts that cross the border 11 times. If you buy a

International Trade committee  The multiplier effect—and there's a lot of data on this from an auto assembly plant—is quite large. If you have an assembly plant with 3,000 employees, you're probably employing 6,000 supply jobs, and then you're looking at the jobs that are created when you're building the schoo

International Trade committee  He mentioned our company?

International Trade committee  As I said, as we grow our business and we finance, we create head office jobs. We've come from 0 to 3,000 Canadian jobs. I know Jerry Dias very well. He's part of CAPC, and we talk a lot, and we're both committed to growing the automotive sector in Canada. The fundamental issue i

International Trade committee  On the jobs we create or lose in Canada, the TPP, at the end of the day, is not going to create or lose jobs. The reality is going to be where our customers are and whether we are competitive. I would say a couple of things very briefly. If there is a TPP—and we'll see what Mr. T

International Trade committee  We spend a lot of time working with the federal government and the Ontario government. It includes Unifor, it includes the five automotive companies and the assembly plants here, and it includes the suppliers. I think I indicated that to you. I have some material on that. We spen

International Trade committee  We became an auto parts company in 2001.

International Trade committee  I'm one of the co-founders, with two other people who came from Magna.

International Trade committee  It's hard to put it in hours. I was asked that question. You're on 24/7. You're always thinking about it. Even when you're sleeping, you go to sleep because you're tired, you sleep like a baby, and then you wake up paranoid about the next thing you have to do.