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[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 99 points 3 months ago (9 children)

US automakers broke their deals on running factories here. We have no native auto brands (other than attempted startups) building factories.

No need to protect US brand pricing anymore, let’s make cars affordable to Canadians

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 25 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I agree with the sentiment, but there are a bunch of US car factories still running in Canada, despite Stellantis breaking their agreement.

The federal and Ontario governments will need to balance: keeping the jobs associated with existing factories, attracting Chinese factories, lowering costs for Canadian consumers, dealing with climate change, and placating Trump.

I don't envy them.

[–] FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Canadian auto-parts companies need to join together to make a Canadian car company. They built a demonstrator model, time to put that knowledge to work.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 2 points 3 months ago

You could probably just buy Stellantis for a fiver. A lot of the Ontario factories are theirs anyway. You could even let Bombardier run it and there's no way they can do worse than the way it's currently being run.

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