Government stops short on brake pads: local CEO

By News on the Net —— Bio and Archives January 13, 2009

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The next time you step on the brake pedal of your car or truck, consider this: Do you know who made your brake pads?

There are no mandatory Canadian standards for replacement brake pads, and "it's a huge problem, because what's happening is that we're getting huge amounts of Chinese product dumped into Canada," declares Rick Jamieson, chief executive of Guelph-based ABS Friction Corp. Amid worries about Chinese-sourced lead in toys, melamine in dog food and poison in toothpaste, and while governments blame crashes on cellphone use, "maybe it's the brake pads the guy's got on his car that aren't stopping fast enough," Jamieson says. More...