Production Lines Flying South

The Canadian auto industry is going to be facing some tough decisions in the ethical side of manufacturing their product. The age old battle of manufacturing on Canadian’s own land and helping our economy or taking the production line somewhere which is more costly efficient. Putting more pressure on the firms as well is Canadian auto analysis Joe MacCabe, he is predicting a 600,000 unit decrease in production by 2020. A simple solution to this predicament would be manufacturing “…south of the Ohio border”. It almost feels like a no brainer, making the same car for a cheaper amount. An even more drastic change would be producing in Mexico. But one thing is for sure, Canadian government does not want to lose these companies. They demonstrated this with a reasonable 71.6 million dollar investment in Ford’s operations in Oakville.

 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/canadian-auto-production-predicted-to-plunge-25-1.1928685

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