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May 2, 2008 MANUFACTURING WAS ON THE MENU THIS MORNING AT BREAKFAST MEETING AT QUEEN'S. CANADA'S MINSTER OF HUMAN RESOURCES MONTE SOLBERG SPOKE TO INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS EXPERTS ABOUT SOME OF THE HURDLES FACING THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR. IN THE PAST DECADE, ONTARIO HAS LOST OVER 200 THOUSAND MANUFACTURING JOBS TO COUNTRIES LIKE CHINA AND BRAZIL. BUT SOLBERG SAYS HE'S NOT PREPARED TO THROW IN THE TOWEL JUST YET. MONTE SOLBERG "I THINK THERE IS HOPE IN THAT SECTOR. AS I SAID IN MY REMARKS, I THINK THERE IS EVERY REASON TO BELIVE THAT CANADA CAN STILL BE A LEADER WHEN IT COMES TO MORE COMPLICATED TYPES OF MANUFACTURING. AND IN FACT CANADA HAS DONE BETTER THAN MANY INDUSTRIALISED NATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THIS. BUT ALL OF THAT OF THAT SAID, TRAINING IS THE KEY I THINK. AND WE ARE INVESTING MORE HEAVILY THAT ANY GOVERNMENT IN HISTORY." SOLBERG SAYS THAT MUCH OF THE TRAINING REQUIRED WILL BE DONE AT COLLEGES LIKE ST. LAWRENCE AND LOYALIST.
