02/08/2022
I met with J F Champagne and Alana Baker "President" and "Senior Director of Government Relations" for the Automotive Industries Association of Canada to discuss the important issues of "The Right to Repair."
In September 2009 the automakers and the aftermarket signed a voluntary agreement called the Canadian Automotive Service Information Standards (CASIS). To summarize the agreement, automakers agreed to release any information, training, and equipment necessary to work on newer vehicles to the aftermarket industry by May 2010 for a fair price. This agreement is crucial for the survival of the aftermarket industry. While this agreement worked well for the traditional vehicles of that era, for the aftermarket to be able to properly fix today's vehicles and for a truly open, fair and competitive aftermarket to continue to exist, consumers need to be protected by legislation.
The Canadian Automotive Service Information Standard (CASIS) can be found at www.natacanada.ca/casis