• ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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    “An integrated North American auto sector will be stronger, more competitive and provide better jobs for our workers,” Carney said. “But we recognize these are not the objectives of the current U.S. administration. Their approach has changed, and so must ours.”

    Not what we want to hear from our leadership.

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      Trying to win in the Auto industry in NA is like trying to beat Usain Bolt in a footrace by banning him from it, because you’re not faster than him.

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        Integration with the US has only hurt us, rather than seeking it out we should have tied this funding to exiting the US market.

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          Any country reliant on the dollar doesn’t have a choice. Canada isn’t Iran, they haven’t been preparing for generations. I don’t like it but it’s true.

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            The longer we allow it to exist the worse it gets. I know it goes back to when the US forced the Canada/US agreement on us but if we could find a better offramp then we already would have.