I'm happy to hear that the role of the industrial designer is being officially acknowledged, and that it's not as an individual role but a very useful and supportive role. Go team!
I also agree on that note about ID and innovation being tied to manufacturing, and I think that is one of the reasons why Canada is so slow when it comes to design.
Supporting American Manufacturing with Industrial Design
... Industrial designers develop the concepts for manufactured products such as cars, robots, home and electronic appliances, sporting goods, toys, and more. Working in a range of industries, these creative individuals combine the principles of art, business, and engineering to design and improve upon products and systems so they don’t just work but rather work with the people using them. ...
... In short, industrial design innovation is most effective and efficient when coupled with intimate knowledge of and influence over the manufacturing process, and vice versa. Separating the two processes of design and manufacturing—through the often-short-sighted model of design at home but manufacture abroad—can interrupt this iterative feedback process and slow the development of next-generation innovations.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/08/22/supporting-american-manufacturing-industrial-design
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