[WinstonSmith84]

the third option is to force foreign companies to manufacture locally (which is often the case). It's kind of the best of both worlds.

[cmrdporcupine]

We don't really have that kind of leverage, and our domestic market isn't large enough to make it compelling.

[tokioyoyo]

To be fair, BYD has a bus plant in Newmarket.

[cmrdporcupine]

Oh, that's interesting, I had no idea. Neat.

[nubinetwork]

We don't need to force anyone, toyota is happy making cars in Ontario. Kia/Hyundai/Hondas are everywhere on the road, all we needed to do is splash some incentive cash and we could cut out American automakers pretty quickly.

[cmrdporcupine]

Unfortunately, those Japanese manufacturers are located here because of the American market, because even though there's a healthy domestic market... 80% of what they produce is exported to the US through NAFTA, etc. And they're also here because of the auto-parts supply chain that moves freely back and forth across the border.

The markets are heavily intertwined and have been for decades. E.g. Ford Canada is just as old as Ford in the US.

[conorcleary]

They need to, for volume - Canada is outsized

[giarc]

The problem with that is our auto employee salaries would drive the cost of the vehicle up.