Canada is planning to reserve preferential access to its domestic auto market for foreign automakers who build vehicles in this country under a new auto policy to be released in February, a senior Canadian official said Saturday.
The official also said Canada gave advance notice to the United States of its Jan. 16 decision to part with Washington and slash tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles that were imposed in tandem with the Americans in 2024.
The Globe and Mail is not naming the official because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the unreleased auto policy.
aktionreplay on
So if a car is made here, we make it easier to sell that car here? Isn’t that just common sense?
NoPantsSantaClaus on
Ford’s friendship with Carney seems to be paying off.Â
ISmellLikeAss on
These tidbits are signalling this admin is aware cusma is going to be done. Going to be rough times this year.
Forward-Count-5230 on
I mean this is good to see. Pierre suggested something like this as well and he was called dumb by a bunch of Liberals but hey I don’t care who does it as long as it’s done. Regardless the auto industry will be smaller in size when they focus just on domestic market this will not replace what we had prior to Trump tariffs it will just stiffen the blow a bit.Â
Big_Option_5575 on
We need to penalize manufactures like Hyundi/Kia/Volkeswagon who sell lots but don’t make anything here.
Br1ll1antly1llog1cal on
this should be the standard for most if not all high value added goods and services from foreign owned businesses
atomirex on
Will those foreign automakers still be receiving Canadian gov subsidies?
demzor on
The question is..
Why would you want to build in Canada to get preferential treatment in this market?
You can build a little bit south and get preferential treatment in a market 10x the size.Â
FearlessDerek on
They should make the deal that cars built here should be sold cheaper. It would be a win win for everyone.
Shad0wCutter on
Give me access to cheap consumer goods, I don’t care where it’s made. Just stop making us pay a premium to prop up a dead manufacturing sector.Â
Ketchupkitty on
I’m all for it but for the love of god don’t give them any cash. Create a business friendly environment and they’ll either come or they won’t.
Enough of handing out billions of tax payer dollars to “create” jobs.
rando_dud on
They are all foreign automakers as far as I’m concerned.
MommersHeart on
This is the way.
Lagviper on
Not sure why we’re chasing auto plants anymore to be honest, they’re on the verge or will be nearly fully automated and not just fixed arms like it’s been for decades but with robot workers like Hyundai is developing with Boston Dynamics
How about not wasting our time with making a plant and incentives when there will be near zero employees working there in the short term? What’s the gain?
KneebarKing on
When large automakers start shuttering manufacturing to appease Donald Trump, all bets are off, as far as I’m concerned. My old man is a lifelong GM Dealership employee (in various capacities), and I think the Big 3 have more or less betrayed Canadian workers, and we should have zero qualms about returning the favour.
trebuchetwarmachine on
Havent we been doing this forever? Our entire auto industry is foreign companies (Japanese, American, European)
ziperhead944 on
Oh, so we might get some European cars.. interesting.
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Canada is planning to reserve preferential access to its domestic auto market for foreign automakers who build vehicles in this country under a new auto policy to be released in February, a senior Canadian official said Saturday.
The official also said Canada gave advance notice to the United States of its Jan. 16 decision to part with Washington and slash tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles that were imposed in tandem with the Americans in 2024.
The Globe and Mail is not naming the official because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the unreleased auto policy.
So if a car is made here, we make it easier to sell that car here? Isn’t that just common sense?
Ford’s friendship with Carney seems to be paying off.Â
These tidbits are signalling this admin is aware cusma is going to be done. Going to be rough times this year.
I mean this is good to see. Pierre suggested something like this as well and he was called dumb by a bunch of Liberals but hey I don’t care who does it as long as it’s done. Regardless the auto industry will be smaller in size when they focus just on domestic market this will not replace what we had prior to Trump tariffs it will just stiffen the blow a bit.Â
We need to penalize manufactures like Hyundi/Kia/Volkeswagon who sell lots but don’t make anything here.
this should be the standard for most if not all high value added goods and services from foreign owned businesses
Will those foreign automakers still be receiving Canadian gov subsidies?
The question is..
Why would you want to build in Canada to get preferential treatment in this market?
You can build a little bit south and get preferential treatment in a market 10x the size.Â
They should make the deal that cars built here should be sold cheaper. It would be a win win for everyone.
Give me access to cheap consumer goods, I don’t care where it’s made. Just stop making us pay a premium to prop up a dead manufacturing sector.Â
I’m all for it but for the love of god don’t give them any cash. Create a business friendly environment and they’ll either come or they won’t.
Enough of handing out billions of tax payer dollars to “create” jobs.
They are all foreign automakers as far as I’m concerned.
This is the way.
Not sure why we’re chasing auto plants anymore to be honest, they’re on the verge or will be nearly fully automated and not just fixed arms like it’s been for decades but with robot workers like Hyundai is developing with Boston Dynamics
How about not wasting our time with making a plant and incentives when there will be near zero employees working there in the short term? What’s the gain?
When large automakers start shuttering manufacturing to appease Donald Trump, all bets are off, as far as I’m concerned. My old man is a lifelong GM Dealership employee (in various capacities), and I think the Big 3 have more or less betrayed Canadian workers, and we should have zero qualms about returning the favour.
Havent we been doing this forever? Our entire auto industry is foreign companies (Japanese, American, European)
Oh, so we might get some European cars.. interesting.