Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

• Obtain contributions from Automotive Innovation Fund for investment in Canadian facilities/initiatives.
• Obtain contributions from Automotive Partnership Council (APC)
• Obtain contributions from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council for research partnerships.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• An Act to promote the efficiency and adaptability of the Canadian economy by regulating certain activities that discourage reliance on electronic means of carrying out commercial activities, and to amend the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act, the Competition Act, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and the Telecommunications Act in respect of the legislative review.
• Budget recommendations in respect of advanced vehicle technology consumer incentives
• Budget recommendations in respect of alternative fuel and refueling infrastructure support tax policies and support programs
• Budget recommendations in respect of automotive investment fund
• Budget recommendations in respect of removing ecoAUTO levies
• Budget recommendations in respect to existing and proposed automotive R & D, Innovation Development and Innovation Commercialization support programs
• Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) in respect of impacts on automotive industry
• Employment Insurance Act in respect of impact on vehicle assembly operations.
• International Trade Agreements in respect of fairness and access to markets for automotive industry.
• New legislation and/or revisions to existing legislation in the area of Vehicle Emissions, Vehicle Safety and Vehicle Efficiency

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation

• Consumer privacy policy development related to emerging auto cyber security and autonomous vehicle development

Policies or Program, Regulation

• Design and implementation of policies/programs associated with the federal carbon backstop and the output based pricing system as it impacts our manufacturing facilities

Regulation

• New regulations and amendments to existing Vehicle Criteria Emission standards and regulations
• New regulations and amendments to existing Vehicle GHG Emission standards and regulations
• New regulations and amendments to existing Vehicle Safety standards and regulations
• New regulations and amendments to existing Vehicle energy efficiency standards and regulations
• New regulations and amendments to existing regulations pertaining to consumer protection and electronic commerce
• New regulations or policies related to Chemical Management Program and their impacts on manfacturing or vehicle importation