The real journey for India to realize its dream for becoming a destination of hi-tech manufacturing has begun.

While we are connecting rural India with digital highways, we are also working on contents using regional languages to make the technology more meaningful to people.

In Ontario, job losses in manufacturing have accelerated in recent months alongside announced layoffs in the key auto sector. However, Ontario's economy is well diversified and strength in the service sector, which accounts for more than 70% of overall employment and economic activity, should support vehicle sales of about 590,000 units in 2006 - in line with the average of the past two years.

This would be an indication that activity is increasing at more than half the manufacturing firms in the survey, and another sign of growth.

As a person endorsing Coke, I'm comfortable endorsing the product. But if there is a problem on the manufacturing side (of the product), I would certainly like to address it.

The manufacturing sector ended the year with some decent momentum that should carry it through the first part of the year.