Transport committee  I'll take a run at it on behalf of my colleagues.

Transport committee  First of all, it is a complicated area. This is going to take many departments in government and jurisdictions across Canada to work out. As you probably know, even on something as simple as how to protect the fluidity of the border crossings.... Ontario had introduced a legisl

Transport committee  Yes, we went to the very first summit.

Transport committee  We've had some correspondence with their office, but nothing specific yet. There were some follow-up questions and our office in Ottawa has been in contact with the minister's office. I don't believe anything is formally set yet.

Transport committee  Obviously, it's the transport department. I've said it tends to be the ministry that looks after the industrial sector. Those two are right off the top....

Transport committee  Thank you. Let me tell you that border carbon adjustment taxes on imports are something that would help level the playing field. It's a complex area, but I agree, it's an area that could help Canada remember that a third of our economy is exports, so we we have to be able to exp

Transport committee  Of course, your example is an interesting one. Make the whole manufacturing sector more resilient. What that means is being able to compete and be the substitute for those parts. You need investment in automation and in plants and equipment to allow companies to be.... We have

Transport committee  Thank you very much. I think there are two things to say. One is what we need to be attracting. Obviously we've talked about policies to bring more labour into Canada, and we need to increase our economic immigration. Second, we need to be increasing the incentives to have cap

Transport committee  Yes, sir, of course. I agree entirely. That is something we need to do. We need to improve our local content. Canada tends to be a very fair trader and plays very much on a level playing field. Our competitor countries don't always do that, and they do tend to favour local prod

Transport committee  If I could, sir, I want to underscore what my colleagues have said. In the last available data there were over 100,000 vacancies—unfilled positions—in the manufacturing and exporting sector, which includes a lot of the people on this call. That really does impact us long term. K

Transport committee  I did not understand your question, as it was in French.

Transport committee  I did. That choice did not come up. I apologize. Could we pass it on to someone else? I'll ask if someone could help me with how to choose that on my headset because I don't have either here.

Transport committee  I'd like to say that I have a very simple answer to that complex question, sir, but I'll try. Across the broad range of manufacturers, clearly those related to the pandemic that slowed global movement and increased costs by tenfold, in some cases, have been the most significant t

Transport committee  Thank you and good afternoon. It is my pleasure to be here on behalf of Canada’s 90,000 manufacturers and exporters and our association's 2,500 direct members to discuss the state of our supply chain. Just to recap, Canada's manufacturing industry represents about 10% of our G