Environment committee  With respect to the strategic innovation fund, there is a series of criteria applied, whether it be for an automotive company that applies through the program or others, setting out the economic benefits, the risks, societal benefits, etc. Certainly I should be able, if you wish,

Environment committee  Madame, right now, I don't have that information directly at hand, but certainly I would be more than willing to respond to the committee and to your question on that.

Environment committee  The strategic innovation fund does not have a direct stream related to skills, retraining and those sorts of things. The streams that are within the fund relate to research and development, that promotes facilitating growth and expansion of firms in Canada, retaining and attracti

Environment committee  Yes, Madam Chair.

Environment committee  With respect to your question as it relates to regulations, I would defer to my colleagues at environment and other departments to answer specifically anything related to that. With respect to production, I think it's a fine balance in terms of our discussions with the industry,

Environment committee  I believe that one was directed at me. Is that correct, Ms. Collins?

Environment committee  Okay. Thank you. With respect to skills development and training for auto workers and other people who are looking to reskill and retrain, it's probably a question best directed at a colleague from Employment and Social Development Canada. Within ISED, our focus is on industry d

Environment committee  I don't have a fulsome number. I can speak to a couple of particular projects as to whether they are—

Environment committee  I will certainly inquire with my colleagues around the program.

Environment committee  Specifically, to answer your question very directly, no. Our department has not undertaken studies to look at the feasibility of that in heavy-duty trucks. What we have been doing at ISED, through our programs such as the strategic innovation fund, is to engage with producers, pa

Environment committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Longfield. With respect to the Ford and recent Fiat Chrysler announcements on the investments they're making, as negotiations with the unions came to a close in the last few weeks, certainly I think there is one thing we have to keep in mind. Tho