Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸20h ago

So it's not about cars or EVs or jobs.
It's just plain old stupid racism, Doug.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/stellantis-plant-brampton-ontario-ev-ford-9.7151265

#Canada #EV #China #Cars #Manufacturing #Jobs #DougFord

Ontario 'dead against' Stellantis talks to build Chinese EVs at Brampton plant: Ford | CBC News

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has reacted to reports that Stellantis is in talks with a Chinese automobile manufacturer about the possibility of building Chinese electric vehicles in Canada at its idled ⁠Brampton assembly plant.

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Show threadAmgine

@chris

While Occam's razor agrees, it could also be a simpler conflict of interest: the north american automaker's hegemony against EVs protects the Ford family fortunes.

Apr 2 at 6:29pmWeb
Show threadJean-François Mezei19h ago
@Amgine @chris reading between lines: Ontario car parts manufacturer lobbied Dog Ford against this because the Chinese cars would be assembled without buying car parts from the lobbyist.
Show threadAmgine18h ago

@jfmezei @chris

There is a far greater risk to NAAM than there is to Canada's APMA.

It is also pointless to oppose this in Canada, as Mexico is already retailing and assembling.

But, being egalitarian, I see no reason why **all three** really bad/illogical reasons cannot all be true.