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Motion to Withdraw Bill C-273 Carried by Committee!

Ottawa ON, October 28, 2009 - Following approximately 90 minutes of witness presentations, questions and answers during the hearing in front of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Science and Technology this afternoon, MP Brian Masse tabled a motion that his private member's bill C-273 ("Right to repair") is sent back to the House of Commons with a recommendataion that it proceed no further. Masse and his colleagues on the committee were satisfied with the presentations by witnesses from the Automotive Industries Association of Canada (AIA), the National Automotive Trades Association (NATA), the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers Association (CVMA) and the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers of Canada (AIAMC) and by the answers to questions put to those association representatives. It was agreed by all parties that legislation is no longer necessary due to the signing of the "CASIS" voluntary agreement and that the agreement should be given a chance to prove itself. The motion was carried.

Automakers and Aftermarket Call for Withdrawal of Bill C-273

Ottawa ON, October 28, 2009 - Automotive Industries Association of Canada (AIA) supports the CASIS agreement. Read the press release here.

Attention: Association Members and Employers in the Automotive Repair Industries

Re: ACCESS apprentice trainees looking for apprenticeship opportunities!
Read a letter from the "ACCESS" administrators describing this opprotunity.

ARA Leads NATA to Voluntary Agreement with Canadian Auto Manufacturers

An Alternative to "Right to Repair" Legislation

ARA Executive Director Dale Finch announces the agreement as the honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry (left) looks on.

Ottawa ON, September 29, 2009 - On the issue commonly known as "Right to Repair," the Automotive Retailers Association and its fellow National Automotive Trades Association (NATA) affiliates have reached an agreement with Canadian auto manufacturers on a voluntary solution. It has been our goal all along that we would get to this point. The agreement was signed and formally announced in Ottawa on September 29, 2009.

 
For more information, please visit NataCanada.ca. The National Automotive Trades Association, since 1947, is how the ARA and its fellow provincial and regional associations across Canada team up to work on national issues.

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