How Canada is quietly retooling its auto industry
ROB BOSTELAAR, Automotive News Canada December 20, 2019 Factory closures and job cuts get the headlines, but technology is driving an evolution of Canada’s auto sector as employers compete for highly skilled workers to support expanding research-and-development efforts into the car of the future. “We are interviewing every day,” said Sara LeBlanc, director of General […]
Future Auto 2: Plants will still have workers, but they’ll produce more product
NORMAN DE BONO, THE LONDON FREE PRESS December 11, 2019 Natashia Mierkalns has to move fast on the job. Wiring electronics for a video module, or installing sensors, she is always moving and training, learning new skills to keep pace with technology on the job, she says. Mierkalns is a 21st century auto worker, and […]
Production cut, temporary layoffs at GM Oshawa as U.S. strike continues
Emily Jackson, Financial Post September 18, 2019 General Motors Co. temporarily laid off about 1,200 employees and cut production in half at its plant in Oshawa, Ont. in response to the auto workers strike in the United States, a labour action that has disrupted North American supply chains and will, if not resolved quickly, trigger […]
Auto industry in Ontario braces for impact from GM strike in U.S.
Josh Rubin, Toronto Star Sept. 16, 2019 As a strike by U.S. workers costs General Motors millions of dollars a day, executives and workers in Canada’s auto parts industry are also bracing for impact. “Like the entire supply base, we are in wait-and-see mode,” said Scott Worden, spokesperson at Aurora-based parts maker Magna International after […]
Shares of Canadian auto parts suppliers surge after trade deal removes tariff threat
Martinrea International jumped 13 per cent, the most since 2014, Magna gained 5.1 per cent and Linamar rose 9 per cent Canada’s eleventh-hour inclusion in a new North America free-trade deal removes a major overhang for auto suppliers but doesn’t fix many of the competitive issues that have restricted investment in the Canadian auto industry. […]
