2500 more jobs lost again

[sumdumguy]

Maybe the Feds will buy the plant and start their own line of cars that runs on unicorn piss.....

Macdon, there’s already one - it’s called a Pissat. 😂

[furrowtickler]

You need to put things in perspective ?
2500 auto worker jobs called for an emergency meeting
Tarriffs in india didnt even warrant mr dressup asking about them when he was performing there
25000 oilpatch jobs gone didnt fizz on this gong show
Read larry webers comments on todays newsletter, he puts it in perspective for you

This shows the exact reality here in Canada and the absolute lack of respect for western Canada.

[Oliver88]

This shows the exact reality here in Canada and the absolute lack of respect for western Canada.

Good point.

10’s of thousands of oil sector jobs left and thousands more to follow Trudeau draws up Bill C-69 to eliminate any chance of new pipelines....and bans tanker traffic in northern BC.
Lentil and chick pea tariffs.... Justin dances and brings a failed assassin to visit India.
Returns to Canada and India increases chickpea tariffs an extra 10%. 🙈

[sumdumguy]

Farmaholic: I agree. But then you have to ask yourself are Canadian farmers not doing the same thing. Our costs of production exceed many other nations because we have bid up land prices well beyond productive value, many farmers insist on and willingly pay outrageous prices to have new equipment each year, farmers continue to try to maximize production in spite of oversupply of many commodities and falling prices, and now because of the backlash by consumers over our high input and chemical usage we are trying to dictate to consumers that they have to eat what we produce. And now when our customers are refusing to purchase from us because of dockage, or chemical residues, or higher costs than new lower cost producers, we are crying to and faulting governments that they are not bailing us out.

Dml, sad but true!

[the big wheel]

Fake news how many plants are shut in China or Mexico?

Trump will nail gmc watch

Trudeau is a lame duck and all he had to do was act normal and not piss off the USA.

It’s trudeaus Fault

Your idiot hero trump has caused this with the steel tariffs. What a retard he is.
What are cars made of? Where do they get the steel and aluminum?
Republicans are stepping up and proclaiming he's mental.

[TASFarms]

Not even the highest in Canada according to this Government graphic (from April 2017)

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Do you the same chart with the taxes added in
Eg: Global adjustment

[grassfarmer]

Do you the same chart with the taxes added in
Eg: Global adjustment

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[15444]

Not even the highest in Canada according to this Government graphic (from April 2017)

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Fake news. Price quoted in graph is price at generation facility, not price delivered to the consumer. Delivery charge to homeowner can cost a sizable amount. Some bills, delivery is the same cost as the electricity itself. One time I had a monthly bill where the delivery was more than the hydro itself.

[chuckChuck]

http://www.hydroquebec.com/data/documents-donnees/pdf/comparison-electricity-prices.pdf

This site gives a detailed comparison of electricity prices across Canada compared with some US markets. Detroit is about 2 cents a kwh cheaper than Toronto for large industrial users. 8.21 vs 10.66. It doesn't look like differences in electricity costs are much of a factor in automobile manufacturing.

Nashville is 11.57 cents vs 5.18 cents in Montreal and Winnipeg.

"Tennessee’s automotive manufacturing cluster includes three major assembly plants and automotive operations in 88 of 95 counties. Nissan’s North American headquarters is in Franklin, and its plant in Smyrna is the most productive in North America. With General Motors in Spring Hill and Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tennessee continues to invest in training for the state’s high concentration of automotive employment, a number that’s 4.09 times the national average.

Transportation equipment is Tennessee’s top export – accounting for 22.8% of Tennessee’s total exports. In 2016, 6.7 percent of all U.S.-made cars, light trucks and SUVs were produced in Tennessee.

Automotive-related manufacturers in Tennessee include Hankook Tire, Bridgestone Americas, Calsonic Kansei, Magnetti Marelli, SL Tennessee, Denso Manufacturing, Yorozu Automotive, JTEKT, Mahle, and M-Tek."

[chuckChuck]

Residential Costs in Canadian Currency April 2018:
Calgary 15.79 cents per kwh
Regina 16.51
Winnipeg 9
Toronto 13.24
Detroit 20.86
Nashville 15.53
Boston 31.52
Montreal 7.13
New York 30.46
Houston 13.75

[grassfarmer]

Fake news. Price quoted in graph is price at generation facility, not price delivered to the consumer. Delivery charge to homeowner can cost a sizable amount. Some bills, delivery is the same cost as the electricity itself. One time I had a monthly bill where the delivery was more than the hydro itself.

One time? in Ontario? the "extra" costs were always higher than the power charge in Alberta.

[chuckChuck]

Partisans always find away to blame the party in power. Its not electricity prices, its not a carbon tax, its not taxation. If it was only these factors, then GM wouldn't have closed 4 plants in the US.

Yeah we have been bleeding jobs to China, Mexico, and other even lower cost countries.

But at the same time we love the free market and all those lower cost consumer items. If you want to protect jobs in a free market economy it requires government intervention.

Just like Jason Kenney wants to impose a production quota on Alberta oil.