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It will screw over the chunk of US car manufacturing that is in Canada. Ford, GM, and Chrysler production is spread across the US, Canada, and Mexico. Trump's tariffs have made things a lot worse and this really won't help.
Help who exactly? If we're trying to maintain a multinational production framework (focussed on hydrocarbon guzzlers) that both the US government and US corporations don't seem interested in anymore then sure it's bad from that perspective.
Between US and Chinese auto manufacturing, one is clearly backward looking and the other forward. Putting all our eggs in the backward basket because the US is such an amazing, awesome friend to Canada seems like a potentially dangerous play at this point.
The amount of Chinese EVs being let in amounts to 3% of the Canadian market. We should be more interested in the potential for knowledge and tech transfer which, if cultivated, can lead to an indigineous Canadian auto industry.
Unless the US successfully annexes Canada, then yes this would backfire. But most Canadians seem keen on fighting / preventing that outcome by whatever means necessary.
Help who exactly? If we're trying to maintain a multinational production framework that both the American government and American corporations don't seem interested in anymore then sure it's bad from that perspective.
Between US and Chinese auto manufacturing, one is clearly backward looking and the other forward. Putting all our eggs in the backward basket because the US is such an amazing, awesome friend to Canada seems like a potentially dangerous play at this point.
Unless the US successfully annexes Canada, then yes this would backfire. But most Canadians seem keen on fighting / preventing that outcome by whatever means necessary.
They been screwing us over.
In 2025, major U.S. automakers like General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis significantly reduced their operations in Canada, with reports indicating that their collective vehicle production dropped to just under 420,000 units, down from over 1.9 million two decades earlier. This decline reflects a broader trend of U.S. automakers wanting to exit the Canadian market due to tariffs and other economic pressures.
The alternative is to continue appeasing Trump and remain solely reliant on the United States.
They're getting screwed either way, there's no good reason to not pivot away from a hostile nation, appeasing the Nazis only makes you weaker.
No it won't... the amount of Chinese EVs allowed in is equivalent to less than a month of production in Ontario and it is all based on the cheapest EVs, which traditionally are, not the money makers for the car brands.
The "damage" made by these few EVs allowed into the Canadian market is not even close to the damage already caused by the closures that have already taken place due to the genius tariff strategy from the Rapist Pressy
The Ontario car manufacturing has already been destroyed by the Orange Pedophile, you are complaining about a small scratch after the Trump ran over the Canadian production with a truck
The reality is, Ford (the dumbass Premier not the shitty car brand) needs to get off his ass and transitions these industries to something else, maybe even EV making, because the USA is dead and not coming back