Automaker Stellantis will move Jeep Compass production from Ontario to the U.S. despite earlier investment commitments in Canada.
Canadian officials are calling the move “a betrayal” and say legal action is on the table.
Follows lots of money (billions?) in EV subsidies and prior promises of long-term Canadian manufacturing jobs.
Fuck it, let this industry die in Canada. We waste billions every year in subsidies and tax breaks. As for Stellantis, even without Trump they would have shut down anyway because no one is buying their shitty Jeeps while customers are waiting 14 months on backorders from Toyota. 100 years and Detroit still can’t make a reliable engine or transmission.
That’s such a bad take. Like sure it would be awesome to be less reliant on this industry, but you massively underestimate the amount of people who work in industries that support car production in Ontario. Thousands and thousands of people would lose a job which they can support their family with. These are good jobs that actually pay living wages.
The massive collective bargaining power of the automotive unions put upwards pressure on wages for everyone in the province.
Also we build a huge number of Toyota cars in Ontario.
Trump literally wants American car companies to stop paying Canadians to build the cars in Canada, do you want to accelerate Trump’s vision of North America?
Yes, pull the fucking bandaid off already. Nationalize the factories and assets and start making an affordable hybrid Canadian car by redesigning and retooling. Then put massive fucking tariffs on purchasing american cars. There are just so many options instead of bending the knee to the US.