International Trade committee  Again, to be automotive-specific, we have an FCA plant in Windsor. If anything were to ever happen to that plant.... We've done the numbers on it, and every one part that gets shipped into that building is touched by four or five people in our region locally, within a 50-kilometr

International Trade committee  Well, it's a penalty cost based on your inability to supply parts to the OEM.

International Trade committee  To add to Jonathon's comment, sir, I'd like to point out—and again, it's automotive-specific—as a tier one supplier and down the supply chain to tier two, we're also governed and mandated by the OEM to use a certain type of steel from a certain type of supplier, which doesn't hel

International Trade committee  The choices in some cases are non-negotiable.

International Trade committee  I could tell you what the risk is. The risk travels all the way from the north to the south as far as vehicle production is concerned. I'm talking specifically about automotive right now. Automotive production relies heavily on gauging the supplier's ability to manage their subse

International Trade committee  Well, nothing. We're talking about a business that we create. The material content of our product is 50%, 60% or sometimes 70% steel. We might as well be stamping car frames. The members of the Canadian Association of Moldmakers are the people who create the plastic injection mou

International Trade committee  No, it's quite the opposite, actually.

International Trade committee  Thank you very much. I'm glad to be here. Good morning and thank you again. My name is Mike Bilton. I'm the co-chairman of the Canadian Association of Moldmakers. CAMM, as we call it, represents a member base that carries one of the most in-demand skilled trades to the succes