Canada

there can be local supply chains in Canada that are created out of these investments

I don't think so.

Chinese companies bring their own migrant workers - who then work under slave-like conditions as we have seen in Brazil's BYD plant last year, to name a recent example.

And they also have fully integrated supply chains, meaning they purchase their parts from Chinese suppliers.

The only thing it does is to create hurdles for Canada to rebuild its own car industry.

If Canada want to really create supply chains, it must create ventures with European, Japanese, South Korean producers.

Toyota and Honda represented 76.5% of Canada’s vehicle production (1,226,099) in 2025 and each of Toyota and Honda produced more vehicles in Canada than Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis combined. GAC members had a 60.5% market share of all light-duty vehicles sold in Canada in 2025.

https://globalautomakers.ca/#%3A%7E%3Atext=Toyota+and+Honda+represented+76.5%2Csold+in+Canada+in+2025.

So pretty soon it will be an East Asian/Japanese car of some make and model made in Canada. The Chinese might just as well join the fray. Those lamenting the demise of Canadian jobs on assembly lines of American cars are several decades too late. The Canadian jobs are now predominantly on non-American model production lines anyway.

Do it. Gripen Factory and Chinese EV factory. New world order. Take the leap.

That's huge.

This could set up the stage for us to become an EV champion on the global stage. And also develop the manufactures and know-how to build them should the deal break eventually.

Seems like a win-win-win if this works out. A Canadian company would get some much needed business, most of the world probably feel better with that software arrangement and China could at least plausibily say they're not doing any bad things on the front.

Open source would still be the best but that's another whole ass can of worms.

Joly said there are “active conversations” on how domestic firms might complement new Chinese investment into Canada’s auto sector, including with software developer QNX, which is headquartered in Ottawa and owned by BlackBerry Ltd. On a recent trip to China, Joly met with Chinese auto firms BYD Co. Ltd., the world’s largest producer of EVs, and Chery Automobile Co.

EVs for sure. And Chinese only because western companies refused to build EVs.

They're just going to be staffed by Chinese, the CCP do this consistently so I don't understand the comment on here getting hopefully they won't do it again...