I was thinking, since the auto industry has obviously become too big to sustain itself, why not let the US deal with it, not bail them out on the Canadian side, let them close their plants on the Canadian side and move back to the US, and negotiate a free movement of labour agreement with the US?
ON the surface it might appear as if Canada would be losing jobs, but that wouldn't be entirely accurate since Canadians would then be free to compete for jobs on the US free market. The US side would be happy too because they'd get the big 3 to themselves.
In exchange for this, the 4 billion dollars going to the auto industry could go towards retraining workers instead (just this evening Harper mentioned that there are labour shortages in some key industries still), with these laid off workers then being albe to get the skills to get a job not just anywhere in Canada, but anywhere in North America. This would also help Canadian industries to grow by giving them access to a larger pool of skilled US workers too, which would allow Canada to do what Canada does best, whatever industries those might be, and the US could do what the US does best.
Just this evening, Harper mentioned that Canada will continue to provide for the US' energy needs in the foreseeable future. So why not retrain workers in alternative energy. This could also attract new industries in that field, considering that Canada has plenty of land to build these industries on.
ON the surface it might appear as if Canada would be losing jobs, but that wouldn't be entirely accurate since Canadians would then be free to compete for jobs on the US free market. The US side would be happy too because they'd get the big 3 to themselves.
In exchange for this, the 4 billion dollars going to the auto industry could go towards retraining workers instead (just this evening Harper mentioned that there are labour shortages in some key industries still), with these laid off workers then being albe to get the skills to get a job not just anywhere in Canada, but anywhere in North America. This would also help Canadian industries to grow by giving them access to a larger pool of skilled US workers too, which would allow Canada to do what Canada does best, whatever industries those might be, and the US could do what the US does best.
Just this evening, Harper mentioned that Canada will continue to provide for the US' energy needs in the foreseeable future. So why not retrain workers in alternative energy. This could also attract new industries in that field, considering that Canada has plenty of land to build these industries on.
