It’s also because the automobile manufacturing business, long on the wane, may just be the engine that pulls Canada – or, at least, Ontario – out of the C19 abyss. In decline for more than a decade now, many thought automakers – at least the domestic automakers; Honda and Toyota have never wavered in their commitment – were set to abandon the province entirely. Instead, in the space of four short months, we’ve had a turnaround of epic proportions.
Whether it’s Canada’s skilled workforce; the negotiation nous of Unifor’s president, Jerry Dias; or the hot-bed of high-tech-ery that southern Ontario has become, some $6 billion – pickup truck production in Oshawa, Ford’s decision to build EVs in Oakville, and FCA ramping up PHEV production in Windsor – has been injected into the Ontario economy in the midst of the worst health/financial crisis anyone can remember.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning to switch up some of his most high-profile ministers in a small cabinet shuffle on Tuesday.
According to sources, Innovation, Science and Industry Minister Navdeep Bains is leaving cabinet, after deciding not to run in the next election. His decision is prompting the shuffle of some of Mr. Trudeau’s most senior ministers in the midst of a global pandemic.
Bains, 43, who is very close to the Prime Minister and was instrumental in winning many seats for his Liberal Party from the so-called 905 region of the Greater Toronto Area in the last federal elections in 2019, said he was stepping down to spend time with his daughters.He s
Dec. 29: As Ontario is currently in a provincewide lockdown, Finance Minister Rod Phillips is on vacation outside of Canada, but his office wouldn’t specify where