Ford Canada CEO to raise concerns over Trans-Pacific Partnership with Ottawa

B00Mer

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Curious Cdn said:
That neighbourhood used to be called "Briarwood" when I was a kid. God knows what it is now, since the English left. I lived on Hampshire, just on the other side of St. Charles.
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Sorry, just called my sister for the correct address... who wasn't impressed... "It's 9:00AM on a Sunday" LOL :lol:

85 Creswell Dr. I was very small back then..



Curious Cdn said:
That neighbourhood used to be called "Briarwood" when I was a kid. God knows what it is now, since the English left. I lived on Hampshire, just on the other side of St. Charles.
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Huh, maybe you're the one a beat in the Go Cart races by the school... :lol:
 
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Well gee golly wilikers mentalfloss , a crony capitalist wants government hand outs .
Whose bread is she buttering .
 
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B00Mer said:
Here, so you understand where I'm coming from..

1. I believe in in Universal Care, but with user fees or co-pays, $25 for doctor visit, $50 for Urgent Care and $100 for emergency. The money stays with the Doctor or Hospital that cared for you. It will push people to see a local doctor, and lighten the load on the Hospitals, and save taxpayers money.

2. I believe in low taxes and helping businesses grow here in Canada, which creates jobs, and creates a tax base... manufacturing is key. Unemployed people don't pay taxes and cost the government money.. get'em working.

3. I believe in developing our oil sand and building pipelines and at the same time, we need to push for Hydrogen Highways in Canada and Hydrogen cars, we also should push for alternative power and build an energy corridor from BC to Atlantic Canada;

4. I believe in the US 1st and 2nd Amendments and think Canada should have same protection,

5. ...and yes, I'm anti-NATFA. Canada has been on the losing end of NAFTA and it has decimated our Manufacturing industry. If we want a higher standard of living, we need wages and jobs that support that lifestyle. Auto Industry to Paper Mills have all moved south or over seas..

So any common ground there Flossy?
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Last time I went by Squamish I could see the Woodfibre pulp mill still operating , and Port Mellon is currently
upgrading .
 
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Canada is setting itself up to be the Greece of North America.

It's a good thing we have a really experienced intelligent leader in office right now. Because I'd be worried if not.
 
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Either way, petros is wrong again.
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Ontario needs to diversify. Why does the auto industry need cash money? Can't they get buy on tax credits like every other business? Why is southern US cheaper than Michigan, Ohio, Ontario or Quebec?
"We've got to get these trade agreements right, and right now as the TPP stands, there will be no positive outcome for Canadian manufacturing."
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Correction....no positive out come for Unifor infested Canadian Auto manufacturing.

One last thing, why did you buy a Japanese car instead of domestic flossy?
 
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mentalfloss said:
It's almost like they're reading my posts and making news stories out of them.

Either way, petros is wrong again.


Ford Canada CEO to raise concerns over Trans-Pacific Partnership with Ottawa

TORONTO — The CEO of Ford's Canadian operations says risks posed by the Trans-Pacific Partnership to the automotive manufacturing sector are among topics she plans to raise in a meeting with federal government officials later this month.

Dianne Craig says the need to boost government subsidies to help attract more global investment in Canada's auto sector will also be discussed.

Ontario, which relies heavily on the auto manufacturing sector, has been losing new investment to Mexico and the southern U.S., where labour costs are lower.

Ray Tanguay, a special automotive adviser to the federal and Ontario governments, has called for the federal automotive innovation fund to be restructured.

The fund offers loans to provide incentives for automotive investment, but Tanguay would like to see the money doled out as grants.

However, he has stopped short of calling for higher monetary incentives, noting it is up to federal and provincial officials to evaluate the economic benefits they reap from such incentives.

Craig agreed that the fund should be restructured, but added that the amounts of the subsidies should be boosted as well.

"Right now, the way the loans are treated by the Canadian government, they're not competitive, because in other jurisdictions, they're not taxable," Craig said at the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto on Thursday.

She also slammed the TPP, saying that the way the deal is structured will hurt Canadian auto manufacturing operations.

"We support free trade, but it has to be fair trade," Craig said.

"We've got to get these trade agreements right, and right now as the TPP stands, there will be no positive outcome for Canadian manufacturing."

Ford Canada CEO to raise concerns over Trans-Pacific Partnership with Ottawa | National Newswatch
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What he should be concerned about is the artificially high cost of manufacturing in Ontario. Ask yourself why imports are less expensive. Then look at what a manufacturer has to pay in Ontario just to keep the doors open. Face it your province can not compete in the world market because of artificial high input costs and now you want the producing provinces to bail you our yet again.
 
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taxslave said:
What he should be concerned about is the artificially high cost of manufacturing in Ontario. Ask yourself why imports are less expensive. Then look at what a manufacturer has to pay in Ontario just to keep the doors open. Face it your province can not compete in the world market because of artificial high input costs and now you want the producing provinces to bail you our yet again.
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It's actually the artificially low cost of labour in places like Mexico and China.
 
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