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

NedoftheHill 47555 posts Joined: Jun 29, 2011

Posted 10:06 am on Aug 25, 2026

...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.

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One wonders why US companies were sending auto jobs to Canada... NedoftheHill 10:06am · 8/25/26
- Cheaper labor, closer to raw materials, satisfying a market of almost 2M new cars per year. Rooney 12:18pm · 8/25/26
  - And governments need to take action to lessen that effect.NT NedoftheHill 3:00pm · 8/25/26
  - The unit labor cost gap has shrunk, which is the metric that matters.NT iairishcheeks 12:26pm · 8/25/26
    - They don’t pay for medical in Canada. PaND 1:27pm · 8/25/26
- Undoing this "arrangement" would be like separating conjoined twins.Link Curly1918 10:21am · 8/25/26
  - A lot of that supports my point. Bring the jobs back to the US.NT NedoftheHill 11:40am · 8/25/26
    - You gonna work the line at the new local assembly plant, Ned? Rooney 12:07pm · 8/25/26
      - Where did you get that stat? NedoftheHill 2:53pm · 8/25/26
      - The mfg vacancy rate in the US is roughly equivalent to the pre-tariff vacancy rate in Canada. iairishcheeks 12:17pm · 8/25/26
        
        Yup. Rooney 12:21pm · 8/25/26
        
        It should be, if it isn't. What do you think it is about? NedoftheHill 2:56pm · 8/25/26
        
        Populism.NT Rooney 7:30am · 8/26/26
        
        I think it is strategic. Right now, the US has a domestic arms replenishment problem. NedoftheHill 9:43am · 8/26/26
        
        Reshoring + Automation is the play. iairishcheeks 12:29pm · 8/25/26

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