One wonders why US companies were sending auto jobs to Canada...

Home > Forums > The Open Forum

| Register

One wonders why US companies were sending auto jobs to Canada...

Author: NedoftheHill (47351 Posts - Joined: Jun 30, 2011)

Posted at 2:06 pm on Aug 25, 2026

View All

...and whether it makes sense to undo the incentives which caused that to occur in the first place.

Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.

Replies to: “One wonders why US companies were sending auto jobs to Canada...”

Cutting off your nose to spite your face [LINK] - Curly1918 - 2:03pm 8/25/26 (15) [View All]
- Said it before. They always need a bad guy. - Rooney - 4:09pm 8/25/26
- What has El-Sayed said regarding Sharia Law? [NT] - Quest4twelve - 3:54pm 8/25/26
- One wonders why US companies were sending auto jobs to Canada... - NedoftheHill - 2:06pm 8/25/26
  - Cheaper labor, closer to raw materials, satisfying a market of almost 2M new cars per year. - Rooney - 4:18pm 8/25/26
    - And governments need to take action to lessen that effect. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 7:00pm 8/25/26
    - The unit labor cost gap has shrunk, which is the metric that matters. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 4:26pm 8/25/26
      - They don’t pay for medical in Canada. - PaND - 5:27pm 8/25/26
  - Undoing this "arrangement" would be like separating conjoined twins. [LINK] - Curly1918 - 2:21pm 8/25/26
    - A lot of that supports my point. Bring the jobs back to the US. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 3:40pm 8/25/26
      - You gonna work the line at the new local assembly plant, Ned? - Rooney - 4:07pm 8/25/26
        
        Where did you get that stat? - NedoftheHill - 6:53pm 8/25/26
        
        The mfg vacancy rate in the US is roughly equivalent to the pre-tariff vacancy rate in Canada. - iairishcheeks - 4:17pm 8/25/26
        
        Yup. - Rooney - 4:21pm 8/25/26
        
        It should be, if it isn't. What do you think it is about? - NedoftheHill - 6:56pm 8/25/26
        
        Reshoring + Automation is the play. - iairishcheeks - 4:29pm 8/25/26

Consent Management