Speech (committee meeting)

{
    "time": "2023-12-05 11:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. David Adams (President, Global Automakers of Canada)",
        "fr": "M. David Adams (pr\u00e9sident, Constructeurs mondiaux d'automobiles du Canada)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8118720\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thanks, Madam Chair.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8118721\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Thank you, committee members, for the opportunity to appear before the committee this afternoon on behalf of the 15 members of the Global Automakers of Canada to discuss the Vancouver port strike and its impact.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8118722\" data-originallang=\"en\">Our membership is comprised of Canada\u2019s two largest vehicle producers, Toyota and Honda, producing vehicles for the North American market as well as 13 exclusive distributors of their brands in the Canadian market.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8118723\" data-originallang=\"en\">As you might imagine, the 13-day strike at the port of Vancouver impacted each of our members differently, depending on the level of their import exposure from Asia. Over the years, the vast majority of our members have established vehicle manufacturing facilities in North America, which have served to somewhat mitigate marine import exposure. However, over that same period of time, market share for our members has continued to grow.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8118724\" data-originallang=\"en\">Last year, as Mr. Kingston referenced, approximately 334,000 vehicles were imported into the port of Vancouver. That was down 6% from 2021 and 22% from 2018. As committee members are aware, the global automotive industry was severely impacted by a number of different supply chain disruptions, from which it has still not yet fully recovered. Imports from our Korean member companies were responsible for 45% of all vehicles imported through\u2014</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8118720\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je vous remercie, madame la pr\u00e9sidente.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8118721\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Je remercie les membres du Comit\u00e9 de me donner l'occasion de compara\u00eetre devant eux cet apr\u00e8s-midi au nom des 15 membres des Constructeurs mondiaux d'automobiles du Canada pour discuter de la gr\u00e8ve au port de Vancouver et de ses impacts.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8118722\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous comptons parmi nos membres deux des plus grands fabricants de v\u00e9hicules du Canada, Toyota et Honda, qui produisent des v\u00e9hicules pour le march\u00e9 nord-am\u00e9ricain, ainsi que 13 distributeurs exclusifs de leurs marques sur le march\u00e9 canadien.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8118723\" data-originallang=\"en\">Comme vous pouvez l'imaginer, la gr\u00e8ve de 13 jours au port de Vancouver a eu des r\u00e9percussions diff\u00e9rentes sur chacun de nos membres en fonction de la taille de leurs importations en provenance d'Asie. Au fil des ans, la grande majorit\u00e9 de nos membres ont \u00e9tabli des installations de fabrication de v\u00e9hicules en Am\u00e9rique du Nord, ce qui a permis d'att\u00e9nuer quelque peu l'exposition aux importations maritimes. Cependant, au cours de la m\u00eame p\u00e9riode, la part de march\u00e9 de nos membres a continu\u00e9 de cro\u00eetre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8118724\" data-originallang=\"en\">L'ann\u00e9e derni\u00e8re, comme M. Kingston l'a mentionn\u00e9, environ 334 000 v\u00e9hicules ont \u00e9t\u00e9 import\u00e9s au port de Vancouver. C'\u00e9tait 6 % de moins qu'en 2021 et 22 % de moins qu'en 2018. Comme les membres du Comit\u00e9 le savent, l'industrie automobile mondiale a \u00e9t\u00e9 gravement touch\u00e9e par un certain nombre de perturbations de la cha\u00eene d'approvisionnement, dont elle ne s'est pas encore compl\u00e8tement remise. Les importations de nos soci\u00e9t\u00e9s membres cor\u00e9ennes repr\u00e9sentaient 45 % de tous les v\u00e9hicules import\u00e9s par...</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/international-trade/44-1/86/david-adams-1/",
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    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12486032",
    "document_url": "/committees/international-trade/44-1/86/",
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