auto sector

The claim that the TPP will lead to massive job losses in the auto sector is built on dubious assumptions, and overlooks the deal’s benefits to consumers

Alberta’s energy sector has yet to suffer anything like Ontario’s manufacturing job losses, so calls for an auto sector-style bailout for the oil patch are premature

Calls to maintain import barriers reflect an old way of thinking about trade, and will actually harm the very sector they are meant to protect

Wishful thinking can’t triumph over reality forever. And so Canada’s car boom can’t last, either.

Autos are about to replace oil and gas as Canada’s biggest export for the first time in eight years, but don’t get too excited

The auto industry has yet to find a way to get young people driving again

Auto jobs will disappear eventually. A controlled exit is better than continuing the cycle of structural unemployment.

How Canada has recovered so quickly from the recession

This time, acting on a  request from Liberal industry critic Gerard Kennedy, they’ve asked Industry Canada for more information on the $4 billion auto sector aid package that the Prime Minister announced just before Christmas at a joint press conference with Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty.  

VW’s new van looks more like a Grand Caravan than a Microbus

In the money: Airline crisis? What airline crisis? WestJet inked a deal today with Southwest Airlines to share passengers on cross border flights. So at a time when Air Canada and other legacy carriers are dramatically scaling back their flights, Westjet will shortly be able to sell tickets to any of Southwest’s 64 U.S. destinations, and vice versa. (Like old faithful, the Dallas-based airline announced the agreement by trucking out that most Canadian of clichés: “Want to Get Away – Eh?) This is a huge deal for the Calgary carrier, which modeled itself on Southwest’s low fare structure. It’s kind of like getting a call from your mentor to come and be his partner.