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Garneau: Canadian liberalism means staying open to immigration and global trade
“Being a liberal here in Canada is wanting to be open on the world at a time when we see protectionism coming in. We, we've seen some evidence of that in the world where, where people talk about terms like populism and nativism, Coming into, ah, the politics of…”
Garneau: Canada's education system is playing catch-up to automation disruption
“There are professions that that could as a result of automated vehicles and intelligent transportation systems lose their jobs, and that's part of the evolution of a society. And the same applies in the manufacturing sector, where robotics is increasingly repl…”
Garneau: Canada will mandate airline passenger rights with strict non-compliance consequences
“We all have, I think if we travel, experienced frustrations, and we said we're going to put in place a set of measures, a uniform, that will apply to all airlines, that will be, in a sense a clear indication to the airlines that if you do not fulfill certain o…”
Garneau admits Transport Canada is playing catch-up on autonomous vehicle regulations
“To be perfectly honest with you, as Transport Canada, we're the regulator, we're playing catch up with the technology. It's evolving so quickly that we're trying to, you know, put in place, we have to put regulations in place for all, Transportation modes, and…”
Garneau: Transport Canada Sets Airline Legroom Rules Strictly for Evacuation Safety
“Airplanes have to provide a certain leg room, elbow room spacing for safety reasons, in case you have to evacuate the airplane quickly. And that is a Transport Canada requirement. Now, we establish minimums.”
Garneau: Canada will align transportation technologies with the US over Europe
“I think that every, Europe has its own solutions based on, on its geography and its densities. I think we will probably have some similarities, but I think we'll probably be more like the United States, because we do interact with them a huge amount, and we ha…”
Garneau: Canadian federal infrastructure plan will invest $180 billion
“L'investissement de notre gouvernement dans les infrastructures qui touchent les infrastructures de transport public, euh, les infrastructures sociales, ici je parle de logements abordables, logements social, et infrastructures vertes, euh, vont s'évaluer à ce…”
Garneau: Shared mobility, public transit, and autonomous vehicles will directly compete
“Alors, je crois que les systèmes comme Uber ou les systèmes où on partage le transport, les systèmes de transport public, tous ces systèmes-là vont se concurrencer et essayer d'établir une position. Et en même temps, les véhicules automatisés vont s'en venir”
Garneau: Canada was the third country to operate a satellite in space
“Canada was the third country in space, which a lot of people don't know”
Garneau: Canada joined NASA space shuttle missions because it built Canadarm
“The reason we were invited to become astronauts and to fly on the space shuttle is because We had designed the robotic arm that is on the space shuttle, and, in fact, part of it was designed here in Montreal, and, ah, the, ah, United States, NASA wanted to tha…”
Garneau: Astronauts enjoy public goodwill while politicians face constant opposition
“The big difference between becoming a politician from being an astronaut is, yes, you're public in both, but in one case, people generally like you as an astronaut because you are in a profession That is of interest to people. It's not controversial, but when …”
Garneau: Technical professionals are underrepresented in Canada's House of Commons
“There are not very many technical people in the House of Commons of our country, and I thought, ah, I could bring a dimension that is perhaps missing.”
Garneau: Serving as an opposition critic trains members for cabinet roles
“I think it does. I would say that I was critic for science and technology, for industry foreign affairs at one time, short time natural resources, so I had to learn about those things. In order to be able to ask intelligent questions make intelligent speeches,…”
Garneau: Canada will work with US to harmonize autonomous vehicle regulations
“I work very closely with my counterpart in the United States, who is the Secretary of Transport Of course, it's a new one. Now, her name is Elaine Chao, and I will be working very closely with her to make sure that we harmonize our regulations, because obvious…”
Garneau: Via Rail owns only 3% of its track, yielding to freight
“Because Via Rail only owns three percent of this track. It rents the rest from CN and CP. And it has to stop when there's a freight train that goes by.”
Garneau: Canadian Government Committed $500M to Expand Regional Internet Access
“Notre gouvernement a pris un engagement de cinq cents millions de dollars To continue to, de, de rendre les régions plus accessibles à l'Internet.”
Garneau: Transport Canada provides an Alberta test facility for drone technology
“We have, there's a, now a test facility in Alberta, ah, in a small town where you can test your drone technology. So, we are providing infrastructure for You know somebody who has a great idea in developing a drone in their garage needs to go out and test it.”