General Motors CEO Mary Barra and Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau met last week to reportedly discuss additional areas of job creation, according to Automotive News.
Both the Canadian PM and GM CEO didn’t offer many specifics surrounding the meeting, but GM highlighted its commitment to the country as it continues to invest heavily in mobility and electric vehicles. Also on the list was them empowerment of women in business.
“GM and Mary Barra have enjoyed a positive ongoing dialogue with the prime minister and [Ontario] premier on a range of topics, including GM’s focus on innovation and advanced mobility R&D, GM’s new electric vehicles, and ongoing issues of automotive industry competitiveness and trade,” GM Canada spokeswoman Jennifer Wright said in an email to Automotive News Canada. “[Thursday’s] meeting was a positive continuation of that dialogue during Mary Barra’s visit to see the new and fast expanding GM Canada Technical Center in Markham, Ont.”
GM is currently in the process of hiring 1,000 new software engineers in Ontario where autonomous vehicles and connected car tech will be the focus.
GM and Canada have had a long history, specifically in Oshawa. Last year, the plant became a hot topic after the automaker divulged zero plans for new product at the Oshawa assembly plant. During tense union negotiations, Oshawa secured new investment and it’s rumored the plant will assemble pickup trucks in the near future.
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Trump yelled: “Ford’s building the Focus in Mexico”
Ford replied: “We will stop that and Make America Great Again”
Ford did: move Focus production to China
Trump replied: (crickets…)
Trump Yells: “Stop NAFTA”
Barra quietly informs Trudeau that GM is moving production of the Equinox/Terrain and XTS to China
You allow things that you cannot control to live in your head rent-free 24/7. I find it to be quite troubling.
I got quotes, you got insults. Doesn’t mean we can’t both be correct. Hahahahaha
What I said was in no way insulting. Again, your thought process appears to be quite troubling. This is a website dedicated to GM and their products. Head over to MSNBC or the HuffPo since politics is all you ever want to discuss on here.
PC snowflake. I say whatever I want wherever I want. GMA put the politically-elected president on this page, not me.
I feel for you, bud. 🙁
Prime Minister, sorry, but they do prezzies, too. My point still holds, like your insult that I’m a retarded spark still holds. Hey, that’s your opinion, go for it. If you want to force the creation of a safe space, try doing it outside the internet.
So the fact that Ford is shipping the tools, lines, presses, and all that physical equipment to China is nothing compared to my spark-retard malfunction above my neck?
The problems with the world aren’t beacause of people like Trump. The problems are because of people like Trombone. Because other wise who would care?
Let’s try this again…
Actual, physical, machinery. Leaving Mexico. Going to China. Trump tells us all about the leaving Mexico part, and we hear nothing from anybody except AB about the going to China part. Leaving people like you claiming America is a Great Again when the truth is China is Great Again.
But… some brasspharter on an anonymous comment below the line of a small website is more dangerous. Post-truth, baby.
My Canadian buddy told me Trudeau is the result of his mom doing all those drugs she was doing while pushing him out.
He is not real popular outside the cities loaded with immigrants. The rual and suburban parts despise him from what he told me.
From what he has told me it is a real mess up there. Housing prices in Toronto are off the charts. Medical may be free but you get what you pay for.
Want a hand gun forget it even if you live way out where you may need one to protect yourself from wild life.
Hey we may be breaking a law here not posting this in French too lol…. we must not exclude anyone…….what a crock.
The bottom line is if Justin wants more jobs he needs to give GM some incentive to bring them in. High taxes and unfavorable buisness conditions do little to intice investment.
If he wants GM to invest he first must invest in GM. If they can do it cheaper elsewhere they will. You tax them into social oblivian you get nothing.
Canada needs GM but GM does not need Canada unless the make a real offer.
Medical in Canada is not free, it is prepaid through your taxes, nothing is “free” from any government anywhere, hence the resulting high taxes in Canada.
Nobody said nothing about Mexico or China MR FAKE NEWS!. Canada is are neighbor and naturely they will benefit when we benefit here genius.
Physical machinery. On Ships. You write “fake” with your internet electrons.