OTTAWA (UPC) - The Big
Three automakers, car parts
manufacturers and_ labor
have formed a task force to
work together to end the
severe auto industry slump,
Industry Minister Ed Lumley
said.

Canada has lost tens of
thousands of jobs and
suffered an economic loss of
$6 billion because of
depressed markets and
foreign competition in the
auto industry, the nation’s
largest manufacturing
sector, Lumley said.

“1 think all parties
recognize that 1f we don't do
something on a_ collective
basis this industry ts in
senous jeopardy,” he told
reporters. “We must pul our
heads together and come up
with a strategy.”

United Auto Workers
director Robert) White and
Patrick Lavalle, president of
the automotive Parts
Munufactureres)  Associat
on. will the task
force

Other task force members
include General Motors of
Canada Lid president’ Don
Hackworth, Ford Motor Co
of Canada Ltd president
Ken Harrigan and Chrysler
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Lumley said the task force
was a mandate to identify
pnorities and recommend
policies to “contribute to a
balanced and competitive
manufacturing capability in
Canada.”

The task force will study
the industry structure,
manpower needs, product
changes, investment and
market trends and how the
industry can adjust to

constraints. It will report to
the

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Big three working together

months.
“The government wants
constructive solutions in

order that Canada can have
a viable and competitive
motor vehicte and
automotive parts industry,”
Lumley said.

“That's why I am calling
on experts m the industry to

combine their efforts and
make recommendations on
appropriate courses. of
action.”

Other task force members

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The government
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