The Oshawa plant has been swirling around the toilet bowl since the bailout. If you didn't see this coming, you were blind to the obvious inevitable reality. It was just a matter of time, this should come as a surprise to nobody.

@internationaltraveller4222

5 жыл бұрын

True. One has to ask if they are cheaper than Mexico or some of the locations in the middle of the US

@dudeiusguyson3765

5 жыл бұрын

Ya they failed to improve automotive quality and reliability. Atleast its a long term plan, they are closing and retooling for "lighter and fuel efficient , electric vehicles".

@nancywebster9019

5 жыл бұрын

go with the time use the buildings for POT Plants

@maurixiogarciasanchez7187

5 жыл бұрын

Canada has to come up with its own technology , the more dependable from the US the more failures we going see.

@aai3661

5 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't have been surprised before the new NAFTA deal. It is going to bring automotive jobs back so I thought they'd hold on.

the CEO of GM made over 21 million dollars just last year, this is a golden age for CEO's and management, dark ages for the workers.

@jab2179

5 жыл бұрын

Marcin 13 news flash its always been that way.

@martinsFILMS13

5 жыл бұрын

@@jab2179 yep and will be for the foreseeable future the workers will keep on getting screwed.

@wisenber

5 жыл бұрын

@Marcin "the CEO of GM made over 21 million dollars just last year..." ...and they're looking to reduce billions in costs. That's about 250 years of 21 million dollars a year. "this is a golden age for CEO's and management" Actually they're earning less than fifteen years ago.

@martinsFILMS13

5 жыл бұрын

@@wisenber lets start with reducing the CEO pay and then go from there.

@wisenber

5 жыл бұрын

@@martinsFILMS13 The cuts are supposed to save around $4B. That's over 160 years of CEO pay. If she worked for free,it wouldn't put a dent in it. That's a good way of ensuring that the least qualified CEO is at the helm though.

This has nothing to do with leadership, Trudeau or otherwise, this is purely a GM business decision. Grow up with your comments.

@stevesmith8484

5 жыл бұрын

@James Currie Guess Trump did the same thing then.

No one buys GM, ill never buy GM ever again

@jakesavage100

5 жыл бұрын

So true, I've gone for Japanese quality. My GMs in the past gave my repair shop good business.

@rwr7260

5 жыл бұрын

I’m too busy boycotting Quebec and BC over pipe lines to worry about GM

@33PhP

5 жыл бұрын

@@rwr7260 You forgot to mention Ontario...unless it has changed with Ford.

@mrbrainbob5320

5 жыл бұрын

@The People's Affront to Judea ouch atleast we can make a car Canada has no car.

@stea2494

5 жыл бұрын

Buy Toyota vehicles made in Ontario, America’s 3 are only making disposable junk, very predictable that they will collapse. Start making quality vehicles and will buy them. Made in Canada or USA only. Never Mexican, never ever made in China (Buick Envision and future ford focus).

Modern cars are like modern women, They have all the bells and whistles without the reliability, just a huge liability, no thanks.

@azeezsalvador2361

5 жыл бұрын

Ouch

@Dobermann.Kennel

5 жыл бұрын

Love my 1994 Toyota Celica! I have a dog...no wife lol

@newtonraymond77

5 жыл бұрын

That's what happens when you choose the wrong make and model of women

@joelferguson8977

5 жыл бұрын

I completely agree!!!

@TheRealZJE313

5 жыл бұрын

@@Dobermann.Kennel love my 95 SS IMPALA the best rear wheel drive and has a corvette engine in it and I do have a wife but it is off limits to her

Everyone is out of credit to buy cars/trucks..Recession is coming soon..!

@Rhyme905

5 жыл бұрын

i think if GM was selling enuff cars for ppl to be out of credit they would not need to close the factory !! XD

Nice they take are tax dollars then close the doors. Sounds about right

@vladg5216

5 жыл бұрын

blame the union

@junioruncle4378

5 жыл бұрын

@@marksteiner2683 Goes to show you can't trust corporations. They take the handouts and leave anyway while giving executives huge bonuses.

@junioruncle4378

5 жыл бұрын

@Rob MFor corporations there is no such thing as common sense regulations. It's a corporate wet dream to have zero regulations and a race to the bottom.

@junioruncle4378

5 жыл бұрын

@@ChuckBeefOG If that is the case, how do you explain that four plants in the US are also closing?

@dwaynewladyka577

5 жыл бұрын

@Rob M Like how Stephen Harper bailed out Chrysler with billions of dollars?

Industry can't compete in Canada period.

@internationaltraveller4222

5 жыл бұрын

Quite ridiculous how high the pay is for a factory worker. It is not a surprise that with the high wages, the manufacturing would shift else where like Mexico, if not the US. It just cannot compete

@dwaynewladyka577

5 жыл бұрын

@Rob M Trolls are not the smartest. ^^ GM has also closed 4 auto plants in the U.S. That's Justin Trudeau's and Kathleen Wynne's fault? Blame NAFTA for causing manufacturing jobs vanishing from Canada. Brian Mulroney made that.

@dwaynewladyka577

5 жыл бұрын

@@internationaltraveller4222 Wrong. Blame NAFTA for this.

@dwaynewladyka577

5 жыл бұрын

@Yas Hamdi Why has GM closed 4 auto plants in America? That has nothing to do with Canada.

@m1garandm155

5 жыл бұрын

what is canadian mentality ? @Yas Hamdi

That's why you don't trust large corporations.

My friend used to work there after getting his diploma as a mechanical engineer and thank God I encouraged him to go back to school and get his degree

@karenm3816

5 жыл бұрын

Judith Jackson ...higher educations get most people NO WHERE!!!

@crazycanuck2578

5 жыл бұрын

@@karenm3816 That's for sure, I know a few of them that are flipping burgers at McDonald's and Burger King, Their higher education priced them out of the market.Not too many companies want to hire someone who's more educated than some of their top CEO"s and that's pretty sad, I know that I would want someone with the brains to work for me, not some high school dropout.

is this how the Economy grows from the heart outwards?

@Someguyto

5 жыл бұрын

I used to work in textiles. in 2006 those jobs were almost completely gone. I don't think Trump can bring those jobs back.

@donmcdonald8630

5 жыл бұрын

Panda Bacon - That is EXACTLY what he said as an election promise.

It's pretty sad 50,000 Alberta oil field workers are unemployed and 3000 GM plant and you get twice the whining

@buffsheeri

5 жыл бұрын

They threw the dairy industry under the bus for layoffs in the auto sector....way to go Gov

Inept governments often times survive into a second term here in Canada because their ruinous policies usually take slightly more than 4 years to start having an effect on things but this changes everything. What with the Alberta economy crashing and now this, and after just three short years, it's scary to think of where Canada will be at after a full four years of inept 'leadership'. Our only hope is for our 'leader' to pack his tickle trunk and f-off to India and to never return. Oh, and one more thing ... a clown costume should ideally be included in the tickle trunk, seeing as how that's the most befitting costumer for him.

@dwaynewladyka577

5 жыл бұрын

Alberta's economy is the best in Canada, despite oil prices going down sharply in 2014.

I live in Oshawa and I new 3 years ago that the plant was going to shut down. So it shouldn't be a bid surprise to anyone. But then again people are living in denial

@JS-oh7if

5 жыл бұрын

Tommy Jesso knew*

@microtechmachineshop

5 жыл бұрын

living in oshawa i feel bad for you

I love how it's mentioned that Trumps bringing back industry while he's exporting jobs like crazy. As well as having his stuff made in China

@deathpenguin005

5 жыл бұрын

@internet ! many of the jobs created by Trump are not living wage jobs so they live strongly on the social safety net, like Walmarr employees. I mean hey we opened a whole new industry with marijuana and we're only a month in so we'll see job growth there.

@deathpenguin005

5 жыл бұрын

@Rob M Working for the billionaire class yes, not the average American. The stock market reflects how the rich are doing. I mean you're welcome to look it up, but I know the Carrier jobs he claimed to save a while ago we exported to Mexico.

@deathpenguin005

5 жыл бұрын

50% of Americans, make $30k or less a year. Haven't looked at the Canadian numbers lately, but it's probably similar. Yes I am aware that the average person can invest in stock, you are a lucky you have the spare capital to invest in stock. So over all, the stock reflects how the well of and corporations are doing it doesn't accurately reflect have the everyday person is doing, since many don't have the money to invest in stocks.

@bmw803

5 жыл бұрын

It's not about Trump. If you run a huge company, you don't look at what will happen in the next 4 years. Who says Trump will remain president after 2020? The next president might be a socialist like Bernie Sanders. Then what? America isn't much more competitive than Canada is. Over-regulated, over taxed and too many legal risks. Any big company is always at a hair away of being sued for some "political correctness" stupidity. Not enough gays on the board, too many men on the floor, a muslim can't get a break when he decides to do a prayer, etc. And finally the UAW doesn't help either. A bunch of entitled unionized workers are pricing themselves out of work. Hope they figure it out once they get their pink slips.

@BikingWIthPanda

5 жыл бұрын

@Rob M lol

GM is closing plants in the US too. You know how to stop this crap? Put a 25% tariff on all their cars entering the US and Canada from Mexico. They're moving these plants to Mexico for cheaper labor. Make them pay a 10,000 dollar tariff to bring those trucks and SUV's in from Mexico and they'll be moving the factories back the next day.

Let's take a live look at a building with nothing happening around it

14k salary workers laid off. Why don't you hear them complaining about their jobs? Time to actually start thinking, no one owes anyone a job

You can't compete with imports when UAW have pushed wages up so high to be uncompetitive. If GM is moving thee jobs to Mexico as Ford and Toyota did the Canadians should charge a duty when vehicles are shipped into Canada from Mexico as an incentive to keep making cars in the US and Canada. Add $3000 on every Mexican made vehicle imported into Canada and suddenly it's not so cheap to make cars in cheap labor countries.

@TheCladi8or

5 жыл бұрын

Wages have ZERO to do with this... GM quality and lower sales is why....PERIOD

Didn't Morneau just say there is no evidence of capital flight yet? Like this weekend?

@russellewis3331

5 жыл бұрын

There's been at least $100,000,000,000 in capital flight from energy alone, to say nothing of the $180,000,000 USD per day going to USA on oil price differential.

@gregperry6197

5 жыл бұрын

Yes that's my point, the guys in charge are either lying about everything or hopelessly inept. Both are bad.

GM is doing this worldwide. If the workers are willing to take $5 an hour, they may save the plant.

@kenchilton1319

5 жыл бұрын

Ya you should think of future before going on strike.

If the government also wants to give me a 3 billion dollar "bail out" I can employ 4000 people for 9 years at $83K/year. Sound familiar?

Well, this will hurt the real estate market in Oshawa.....Don't know if it ends up like Detroit.

Well about time GM realized that paying someone $25/hr to bolt a screw, for a mediocre build quality vehicle, is not worth it.

@JS-oh7if

5 жыл бұрын

Naiyo built*

You gotta shut down plants in order to convert them to make products that sell.

Time for the Canadians to re-Invent the best Taxi Cab ever built, the CHECKER CAB. Now a plant that built big full sized saedans would be the perfect factory to dedicate to the New, Updated, CHECKER Cab ! A Checker cab went through any weather, carried massive luggage, ahd fold down jump seats to fit more people, and when they were not being used the Taxi Passengers could get up and walk over to the back of the front seat, a Big Bench Seat.

Welcome to reality around the world...welcome to Alberta's plight....☹☹☹... ...you're not the first...you're not the last...more closures will come...

wonder how many of the GM workers drive foreign cars.

Big Government and big unions are real good at destroying business.

@MatrixDiscovery

5 жыл бұрын

This is an understatement.

Do you feel a recession is coming?

@mealien0808

5 жыл бұрын

i feel Russia is coming

@karenm3816

5 жыл бұрын

OptionLearner Ltd ....recession never left !!!!

@toledojeeper2932

5 жыл бұрын

No

@internationaltraveller4222

5 жыл бұрын

@Chadwicked B I spent a long time in Hamilton, ON when going to McMaster. It certainly felt like a dead city. 1986. I guess I started my studied in 1986 at McMaster but left somewhere in 92

@MatrixDiscovery

5 жыл бұрын

We never left the 2008 recession....we were just hiding it with all the bailouts and money printing.

It's the US fate. All our company are going to Mexico and China. An employee in the US cost $30 per hour at general rate. An employee in China and Mexico cost $3 per hour. The math is simple we lost. Imagine if you were an employer, which of these two numbers would you want to pay your employee?

This is what happens when a country has weak leadership

@redrose-wb4bw

5 жыл бұрын

Great comment if you mean Trudeau and his liberals. Trudeau has to punish Ontario for voting conservative.

@jerbear1601

5 жыл бұрын

The weak leadership is south of us. The retraction of American businesses inward is the signal of the end of their Capitalist empire. Trump wants ALL business to return to make his ridiculous past statements true and he is willing to destroy the world economy and that of the U.S. to do it. The U.S. is not what it once was and not because of the reasons the uneducated current president spins but because of big money controlling and imbalancing government.

@bbhfjdy9175

5 жыл бұрын

@@jerbear1601 that say more about Canada, that us is offering companies better deal

@kenbob1071

5 жыл бұрын

@@redrose-wb4bw No, he's talking about tRump and his fascists, of course.

@whatsthebigfndeal

5 жыл бұрын

Eddie b This is what happens when you let socialist labor unions control an industry

To all the Candian haters on here. GM are closing more plants and losing more jobs in the USA than anywhere else. Its GMs core business that suffering. Their car sales are plummeting, whilst the Trump tarrifs are adding to the raw materias costs. All the time Tesla is taking the the largest sales (by value) and growing. GM is the first of many established car companies heading to the wall.

@toledojeeper2932

5 жыл бұрын

Nobody wants cars , trucks sales are climbing . Ft Wayne GM plant is working 6 days a week with unlimited OT .

@gaming_henry

5 жыл бұрын

@Chadwicked B Appart from the MASSIVE growth they are going through, whilst selling every car they can make and still haven't started on the backlog in Europe (which is the larget s market for Sedans). But don't let facts get in the way.

@JohnPitt920

5 жыл бұрын

It has nothing to do with GM sales, they're closing plants in the US and Canada and moving to Mexico for cheaper labor.

@chopaface

5 жыл бұрын

GM is clearly dying, good to sell to China to take over hahahahahaha

@wisenber

5 жыл бұрын

@GoldenBunips "Its GMs core business that suffering." Actually SUV, crossover and truck sales are doing well. Their hybrid, electric and sedan business is what's failing. "All the time Tesla is taking the the largest sales (by value) and growing. " Really? How many vehicles did Tesla produce in the last 12 months? How many trucks did GM sell in the same period?

I remember reading somewhere that Oshawa had become an expensive place to build cars. It's sad to see but at the same time not surprising. Ford was right, the writing had been on the wall for quite some time.

Dont forget that in 2015 Harper sold Canadas shares of GM to balance the budget...and at a loss of about 3.5 billion dollars. I said it then, this will cost Canada dearly in the long run. I thought it would take longer for GM to pull out but the sale of those shares Left GM with no incentive to stay and the government no leverage to negotiate them staying.

@mmmmmm6543

5 жыл бұрын

YensecaTube can you tell me more? Or is there links of info? I’m really interested in this point

@YensecaTube

5 жыл бұрын

@@mmmmmm6543 www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/04/08/gm-share-sale-canadian-government_n_7024464.html

@YensecaTube

5 жыл бұрын

@@mmmmmm6543 www.cbc.ca/news/politics/general-motors-shares-conservative-government-sells-remaining-stake-in-automaker-1.3022822

@YensecaTube

5 жыл бұрын

@@mmmmmm6543 www.ctvnews.ca/canada/ottawa-sells-remaining-shares-in-general-motors-1.2314583

@Kman31ca

5 жыл бұрын

Oh BS. You think just because we owed shares in the company, they would stay while being overtaxed, competing with union wages and full benefits when the company can be relocated and cut employee wages in half. And pay less taxes, less for electricity, etc. Nice try to blame the conservatives. Canada has not been business friendly since the Trudeau government got in power. Go look at how investment and Capital flight are doing throughout Canada. Then add on a CT on top of the already burdensome taxes and it's common sense why no business wants to stay in Canada. www.ctvnews.ca/business/rbc-warns-investment-outflow-from-canada-already-underway-in-real-time-1.3866993 www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-canada-needs-a-better-approach-to-foreign-direct-investment/ business.financialpost.com/news/economy/foreign-direct-investment-in-canada-plunges-on-oil-exodus-1 Unless we start giving meaningful tax relief to business, and open barriers that lobbyist tied to the Liberal party, fight to keep going, we are headed for a disaster...

So sorry for the workers, may God bless you in the future

Part of the problem is the union demanding very high pay and generous benefits for jobs that only require a high school diploma.

general motors fishing for handouts. Never trust what they say to be the truth

@redrose-wb4bw

5 жыл бұрын

Bombardier had no trouble cajoling cash out of the Liberal pocket.

@bmw803

5 жыл бұрын

Nothing is free my friend. Do me a favor, and I'll do you one.

@dwaynewladyka577

5 жыл бұрын

@@redrose-wb4bw Stephen Harper lost billions bailing out Chrysler. What a good bot you are. So up to date on reality. Not.

@redrose-wb4bw

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the repeat Dwayne, not news, what a good bot you are too. Trudeau gave a few people lots of cash as well. Which one is a better deal for Canadians? I'd say none, government should stay out of private business. Cool your liberal enthusiasm, bot.

@jimwilson7403

5 жыл бұрын

how do you figure they are fishing for handouts when they are announcing a plant closure?

Gm makes a garbage product, people are not buying them as much anymore, hooefully they will be let to fail this time with no bailout.

@toyoscio

5 жыл бұрын

People need jobs

@rxwhat33

5 жыл бұрын

@@toyoscio true but how long will your job last if your working at a failing company and how long are you going to stay on a sinking ship before you realize its time to jump ship or go down with it?

@williamsmith3847

5 жыл бұрын

@@toyoscio They can work on their own small farm if nothing else. People do not need to have jobs "provided" for them at taxpayer expense.

@toyoscio

5 жыл бұрын

@@rxwhat33 True, that is why these workers are unionized.

@toyoscio

5 жыл бұрын

@@williamsmith3847 True, but it is nice to have, plus some of these workers don't know the value of saving for a rainy day or times like these. They think the good times will roll with no issues.

People are still buying GM cars... Canadians are you drunk?

Ontario is open for ... business?

@redrose-wb4bw

5 жыл бұрын

@Rob M well said. That's the problem with Liberals, they share these morons like Gerry B.

@tommywong3147

5 жыл бұрын

Its a balancing act sometimes do you want a lower tax and more jobs and better economy or higher tax but less job . its always better to get your tax money from property than corporate tax cause it is highly competitive due to globalization

@bmw803

5 жыл бұрын

The idea should be, TAX SHOULD BE KEPT AT A BARE MINIMUM. This way everyone is competitive. But that's bad politics. Politicians are there for political benefits, not economic benefits. If they economy does well, it involves everyone expect the government bureaucracy. They look after THEIR benefit, but that practice fucks everything up and then EVERYONE loses.

There's only one word, Unions. It's a world market.

A company that is now profitable still owes us $1B, and we are not pursuing this? If they dont keep the plant, we stop all governmental purchases of GM vehicles in Canada, including police, fire engines, ambulances, military. And go after the $1B.

People who tries to fight to keep GM Oshawa open need to just give up. FIghting against it would make the situation worse.

Too bad. It wasn’t long before GM made another decision to move Equinox production away from former CAMI plant in Ingersoll. I truly hope the EV production slated for Ingersoll is a success.

I thought leftie CBC would be happy? Less cars are good, no?

It would have been cheaper to give all potential 29,000 affected workers $100,000 nine years ago rather than "bail out" the company.

Technological unemployment and automation has already eliminated 5 million plus manufacturing jobs in Ohio, PA, MI, and WI. Something the US corporate media hasn't reported.

People need to make there own cars. Education key to everything. No payment and your the artist one of a kind.

Note in the opening it said that the union employees were among the highest paid in the country. This mirrors GMs Australian subsidiary Holden which closed its plant in 2017 and the Holden workers were the highest paid shift workers in Australia at the time. In fact, at the time of closure, a Mercedes Benz production employee in Stuttgart was earning a mere 55% of what a Holden production employee was earning in Australia. It doesn't take an Einstein to figure out that if GM is in trouble (which they are), then the plants with a comparatively high labour cost are going to get culled first.

I know GM workers who were buying Ford's because even after employee discounts Ford still offered better warranty and price.

I'm guessing they are not into paying a tax on something we exhale...

@Renaissanceman86

5 жыл бұрын

Who in their right mind would be...plenty of business-friendly countries to go to.

@clubber-t

5 жыл бұрын

@jukebox symposium yet the hippies keep driving them to their protests, where they also leave tons of garbage for others to clean up...

@dwaynewladyka577

5 жыл бұрын

@@clubber-t GM has also closed 4 auto plants in America. Something is wrong with your statement.

@wisenber

5 жыл бұрын

@jukebox symposium " there is a genocide going on with just automotive by-products...." Like commuting to work, grocery shopping, vacation travel and personal autonomy? What's the cost of not having those?

@wisenber

5 жыл бұрын

@jukebox symposium "Guess that is a direct result of your beloved car culture.... I personally ride a bike..." You'd be great in China. Most don't want to commute to work on a bike when it's minus 15 or be limited to a couple of small bags of groceries..

Since GM is closing 3 plants in the US, it had no choice politically but to close a Canadian plant. The decision was as much political as commercial.

Was thinking of a new Silverado...but, not now...good luck G.M.!

Car plants aren't the only ones closing my dad's helicopter plant closed and they moved the company to the Southern States

From my understanding it’s mostly plants that make cars. People are really buying cars as much as Trucks, SUV, and crossovers. I can understand why these plants are closing, especially if no one is buying sedans

Delusion of grandeur- a 10 bucks an hour job market versus a 250 000 dollar average house price.

i feel empathy for the wives and children of the workers especially right before Christmas,i know what it's like because i lost my job right before Christmas once ,it's scary

Stop bailing out the car companies. They never learn if you keep bailing them out!

Where is it going?

They should restructure their products instead of their executive finance spreadsheets. GM’s main problem is product quality and this is why their market share is shrinking for the past 20 years.

Canada needs to have there own car company for Canadien consumer and stop importing vehicles from abroad.

Oshawa Ontario is the heart of general motors. I have a 1979 Chevrolet Caprice classic that was built their in October of 1978.

No big deal that 40,000 plus jobs were lost in Alberta...no retraining for me...

Calm down everybody , Turdeau says he's going to help. Don't you feel relieved ALREADY?

Highly paid unskilled workers. If they are so talented then they should easily be able to pool their severance pay and start a company. Maybe hire jerry Dias to run it.

Years of broadcasting CEO lawsuits, product defects, deaths caused, recalls back to 1999. How can with all this, stay afloat?

Im sorry but if I owned a company, my workers have no say in how or where I do business. You can't force me to keep my business open in your country or stop me from moving. Get over it, you'll find a new job... :)

FACT: ALL GM employees should switch to Asian car markets in the USA for jobs! Far more stable!

Now drive around the area and see how many GM cars are being driven around.

one thing about the auto industry, union labor is bad for business. i spent 3 weeks at a ford plant for some training. i was not union but everyone else was. if you want to destroy production hire union. me and the other 6 of us in training were told several times to slow down producing the part.bu the end of the second day we were offered jobs and had our life threatened by lazy union labor. if the union help put as much effort into their job as they did keeping track of their 5 or 6 breaks ford would be able to give away every third car. the only way to survive is to escape the unions, that means mexico . you can't pay someone $45.00 an hour to sweep the floor and stay in business.

Stop buying GM Canadians

Not gunna be political... All I'm saying is that reporter was behind a green screen, not the actual GM plant

If Canada were to put back into production all Japanese makes & models from 1989-91, 100% guarantee, sales will go through the roof & stay there for a very long time.

not saying it is or isn't the case, but let's scan a larger section of the parking lot for us instead of an up close that showed a few GM's and that Jeep. that might be your answer right there. The next time you're going down the freeway, count the passenger cars on the road and get the ratio of domestic to imports and you'll be surprised (or maybe not).

Boycott GM no Canadian should ever buy a GM ever again. Fight back smart!

@33PhP

5 жыл бұрын

@Chadwicked B He did not say that GM was a canadian company!!!!!

@33PhP

5 жыл бұрын

@Chadwicked B That is right except for workers like those of gm who got high incomes...Now, I am an happy owner of Hyundai Accent hatchback 2016 which did not cost a lot (on sale) and don't use much gas. No regrets and, yes, could not afford something bigger but at least it is so far a good car and reliable (like a Honda Fit which I owned for 9 years and did not spend much money on it). To conclude, I don't trust american cars for good reasons.

@mikeglovic7254

5 жыл бұрын

@Chadwicked B never said it was lol. Im saying Canadians should boycott GM......lol

@larrymcbride782

5 жыл бұрын

I am a retired auto worker from lordstown ohio I used to by gm but I will never by a general motors again

Plants stay open when there are customers, there are customers when people are working, people are working when there are jobs. Half of Canadians can't afford a car on their part-time and minimum wage jobs, and taxed up to the eyeballs. Notice a lot of retail sectors have "for lease" signs in the windows, the answer is in plain sight, and GM closing is not a surprise.....It's the beginning of the crash!!......and we have boy-wonder as our leader, that's the horrifying part.

This is simply a business decision based on revenues and operational costs in business. Its disappointing but we have to be optimistic in Canada that with the plants closing in America etc Canada could benefit in the GM restructuring.

Meanwhile, Ford's Oakville Assembly Plant is going strong

Don't worry GM workers. Trump says Mexico will pay -for the Wall- your salaries.

Do parents really say to their kids, "You have to grow up to be an assembly worker!" these days?!?!? Nothing against the job - people who got into these positions in the past did so to support their families, etc. But looking forward, one cannot possibly think assembly plants will stick around?!!?! If you care about your kids, help them find jobs that will last - sure, people get fired, businesses change, etc. but think about the skills the future will need and help your kids focus on those. If they don't want to, prepare them for the reality... don't sugar-coat it. Life will be hard if you choose to pursue a career where there are fewer opportunities or where the demand will continue to shrink for a variety of reasons.

I feel sorry for the workers losing their jobs in Oshawa but this doesn't even come close to the job losses in Alberta...funny how the press or the government seem unconcerned about that. The writting has been on the wall for manufacturing in the US and Canada when there is so much cheaper labor close by in Mexico. The layoffs should come as no surprise to anyone.

Maybe if employees take a pay cut and a decrease in benefits, we'll keep the plant open.

One plant in Canada and 4 in America but none in Mexico with major layoffs ! Wonder how big they will expand the one in Mexico after this !

I think GM is out to get rid of unions. Also, if they keep ignoring quality problems, all plants will close, in time.

I was A freelance vehicle designer and I have designed for GM in the past. Won't be working with them in the future!

So to Canada they say that they need to close to make lighter and more fuel efficient vehicles and to the US they said regular cars arent selling only SUVs. Hmm

It's gonna hurt if the pickup assembly are moved. The Camaro and Impala are largely not competitive and unprofitable for GM.

it cracks me up how everyone is surprised that GM would care about a community. The big three decimated small towns and cities in the US. It's all about their stock price.

I love the response from Justin...a tweet", something a 6 year old could do...Is that all we can expect from the leader of Canada, to "tweet" whenever the US Media announces something. At least on a provincial level, we might have a chance of lowering our corporate tax rate now that the Liberals aren't in power and finished costing us Billions in Gas Plant Scandals, etc, etc.

I don't think this is some kind of evil plot. If you research the numbers, people have almost quit buying sedans. ALL car manufacturers are eliminating sedans. Ford is going down to just 1 or 2 sedans period! That is a much deeper cut that GM. GM has a lot of lines, and they also used to build whether the products sell or not. Under Mary Barra, the company is gradually shifting to a profit making company.

How do Canadian citizens send this Liberal government a non confidence motion?

@donmcdonald8630

5 жыл бұрын

I think Canada's Senate could do that. I think but I don't know for sure.

Ok..look at the WHOLE situation, its easy!! ..Cars currently made at Canada plant are... Cadillac XTS (2012-2019) Chevrolet Impala (1999-2019) Chevrolet Silverado (2018-2019) GMC Sierra (2018-2019) Now... The current-generation Impala is also sold in the Middle East, China, and South Korea. The current impala AND that caddy are based on the GM Epsilon II platform used around the world. Soooo... GM is closing a old plant in a more LABOR expensive country..and cause of the tariffs WILL shift production of cars to the GM PLANT in China that already uses the SAME platform!! IN CHINA GM in partnership with Roewe ...introduced the Roewe 950 is a large four door saloon that is produced by Roewe in China, and is based on the 2010 Buick LaCrosse.(using the GM Epsilon II PLATFORM).... It was first shown to the public at the 2012 Beijing International Motor Show, And commenced production in April 2012. Roewe 950 Manufacturer Roewe (production 2012-present ) GM Assembly Lingang, Shanghai, China There goes jobs to plant in China facing TARIFF by that bozo in the white house...to lower paid workers (no UNIONS!) and ever growing Chinese market for GM based cars. The truck manufacturing will go to other GM plants that already make those same units..as usually not just ONE plants makes only one vehicle.

Maybe its finally time for Canada to create its own brand automobile? Just a thought!

In May of last year, the GM plant in Port Elizabeth (South Africa) closed down, that plant had been in operation since 1913. 1500 jobs were lost.

There is a cure for this and that's for the board of directors at GM to be held personally accountable and I mean up close and personal. The pressure needs to be so great along with the backlash that they fire Barra and reverse her politically motivated job killing ideology.

@johnmartin4641

3 жыл бұрын

Politically motivated? It’s politicians that caused this problem. They made doing business in the US and Canada so unfavorable by pushing for higher taxes, higher minimum wage, unions, Obamacare, excessive regulations, etc. Mexican leaders understand this because they’re smarter than our leaders.

American car manufacturers leaving Canada, we could build a pipeline out east and create jobs that pay well for people in Oshawa. Keep in mind Ford and GM pulled out of Australia too. Another common wealth country.

Why can’t Canada have it’s own auto company ? I mean being a G7 country with abundant resources, Canada need to have it’s own auto company, we’ve been too lazy in developing our own industry and so comfortable letting US taking us for a ride.

GM bailed out from India as well all of a sudden...cbc should look into that as comparison

They're pulling 6 cars from their lineup as well! Rather that vs tax payer money going to another bailout!