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
this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2026
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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.
Yup. That’s a difficult balancing act. Thing is, nobody wants North American cars except North Americans. The rest of the world is going to EVS while we spend billions (which Stellantis is still in debt for IIRC) propping up and industry that has retrenched back to huge gas guzzlers.
It is reminiscent of the 1970s energy crisis. We bailed out Chrysler (and Ford?) while they surrendered market to smaller, more efficient, European and Japanese imports.
From what I can tell, car manufacturers outside North America are quietly being gobbled up by Chinese companies. Some of those manufacturers are producing EVs, which are often paid for with government subsidies. Meanwhile, we're rolling back those subsidies and failing to build our EV infrastructure.
Seriously? your government can’t or won’t acknowledge the challenges of transitioning to renewables oriented vehicles so you complain that foreign companies aren’t investing to create the infrastructure you need. This, while you double down on oil sands, gas guzzlers from mercan designers and indicate in every way possible that you're not interested in EVs.
... and failing to build our EV infrastructure
is it still a failure if it's intentional?
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.
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.
the mexicans are doing it; the canadians should too.
Can we also make housing affordable again?
And it's only a limited quantity allowed in, like 10% of the market.
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God forbid regular people can afford to buy a daily driver EV
No it is Canada's duty to protect the sacred North American institutions of F150 and Ram /s
This actually made me laugh. Thank you, I needed it.
GET YOUR HAND OFF MY CAUCUS!
Please just give:
Cars with buttons and dials. No touch screens other than maybe a GPS exclusive screen.
Cars that can be fixed relatively easily.
Safety(Cars aren't really safe, but its what we have to deal with so...make them smaller with clear lines of sight, etc).
These are my dreams, I guess. I doubt you can honestly get anything close to that in 2026. Also as if I would be able to afford anything new when cost of living has skyrocketed lol.
Cars that can handle the winter weather, traction control and ground clearance
Heated everything
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