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Dunn, who officially joins Project Arrow on Aug. 1, will steer the APMA s engineering team.
Fraser Dunn, chief engineer of special projects for Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd., is joining the Project Arrow team, which is developing the first Canadian-made, zero-emission, autonomous vehicle.
Dunn will serve as chief engineer of the project, said Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA).
While at the U.K.-based luxury sports car manufacturer, Dunn worked on such vehicles as the Vulcan and Valkyrie Hypercar.
He’s leaving his post and joining the APMA project full-time.
“We are pulling in a reverse brain drain for this project,” said Volpe. “I’m quite proud of the people who want to be involved in the Team Canada project from within and outside of [Canada].”
Ontario approaches Michigan about possibility of essential workers getting vaccinated stateside
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has approached the governor of Michigan about the possibility of having essential workers who cross the border from Canada vaccinated against COVID-19 stateside.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford, seen inside the legislature on Wednesday, spoke to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer about the possibility of seeing some Canadian essential workers get vaccinated for COVID-19 stateside.(Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press)
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has approached the governor of Michigan about the possibility of having essential workers who cross the border from Canada vaccinated against COVID-19 stateside.
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Canadian reshoring group formed to advocate for supply chain modernization
Called Reshoring Canada , the non-partisan advocacy organization was formed by a group of former parliamentarians. May 2, 2021 Canadian Plastics
A group of former parliamentarians are forming a new non-partisan advocacy organization called Reshoring Canada, which is designed to promote a more modern and secure supply chain.
“The pandemic has exposed risk in our supply chains, a place where we didn’t know to look. This will make way to find solutions for our people and our economy,” said Tony Clement, former federal industry minister and co-chair of Reshoring Canada, in a statement.
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Fragile global supply chains have been one of the most important issues exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and group of former Canadian parliamentarians, including former Ontario Liberal cabinet minister Sandra Pupatello, are launching a non-partisan organization called Reshoring Canada to help tackle the problem.
The organization’s aim is to promote a modern, secure, less risky supply chain through reshoring and domestic duplication.