Industry committee  In the case of St. Thomas, that plant closed largely because we were building Grand Marquis and Lincoln Town Cars, and that segment just shrank. That was a big reason that St. Thomas closed. It was just because of the overall demand. I think Oakville is a great example, with all

Industry committee  I would say we have an obligation to do exactly what you're doing: to protect the environment. In fact, we're really proud of the fact that our Oakville assembly plant is 100% waste free and we're building over 300,000 vehicles out of that assembly plant. Thank you for your com

Industry committee  Well, Mr. Masse, thank you for the comment. The challenge for me especially is that it sent a message to our global Ford Motor Company that the auto sector in Canada didn't matter when the Canadian negotiators negotiated a five-year phase-out on the tariff, when they know what h

Industry committee  Oh, thank you.

Industry committee  Thank you for the comment, especially in English. My apologies. As I mentioned, in December, Ford announced $4.5 billion over the next five years on our electrification strategy, and manufacturing is a part of that. Forty per cent of our lineup will have an electrified power tr

Industry committee  There's some research and development in terms of electrified vehicles, as Caroline mentioned, in Windsor. We have our research on our power trains working on electrified vehicles as well.

Industry committee  [Technical difficulty—Editor] to our plants. Help with the investment. It goes right back to the automotive innovation fund. Make it competitive so that we can bring innovation to the plants. That will help improve the productivity.

Industry committee  Well, from a productivity standpoint, we are not at a competitive disadvantage. We're very, very competitive, and in some cases more competitive than plants outside of Canada. The labour cost is difficult in terms of Mexico versus Canada. On the labour cost, we've closed the ga

Industry committee  Ford's good too.

Industry committee  There are a couple of things. Obviously cold-weather testing is pretty important to Ford, especially when we get into electrified vehicles and when we think about our future. I certainly want to talk a bit about electric vehicles, because 2% of the vehicles sold in Canada today

Industry committee  It's a great question. It's a bit of a difficult one, because ultimately the government has to play by the rules, and that is what has not happened. Even when you take the South Korea free trade agreement, for example—and Jerry cited the numbers—just to give you an idea, last yea

Industry committee  I would say two things. We have to protect what we have. Right now, I think we have to really concentrate on what we have. I think there were two things that were disappointing about the $1 billion announcement on the automotive innovation fund. A billion dollars over 10 years

Industry committee  Thanks for the question. I've had the real privilege of leading the Canadian business for four years. We are losing the battle. We are losing the conversation about Canadian manufacturing in Canada. What I am concerned about in terms of the last four years is that we continue t

Industry committee  Thank you for the question. I would answer it in two ways. First of all, we're a company that's over 100 years old, and Henry Ford was all about protecting the environment. When it comes to sustainability, whether it's how we manufacture our cars, how we build our cars, or the

Industry committee  Well, there are many ingredients that go into an investment decision, and I just talked about a few of them, certainly with how the investments are treated. Electricity is definitely one of those ingredients, and it's getting worse, because cap and trade that's now being introdu