I can understand US, Germany, France, UK, even Italy and Sweden playing with tariffs on foreign vehicles... but Canada is totally nonsensical as it doesn't have even a domestic company of it's own to protect. If anything, low priced foreign EV in Canada would be beneficial to domestic society and economy... but alas, vassals prefer to shoot themselves in the foot.
ChriSStiya Freeland needs to protect the Canadian investment in EV programs.
1. Honda: Zero EV platforms (only licensed one from GM), zero EVs produced, $15b incentives promised
2. Stellantis: 1 EV platform for sub compact/mini cars, considered not suitable for North American market. Zero EVs produced in Canada. Some additional platforms in development, probably will end up using Leapmotor IP. $15b promised
3. VWAG: VW group EVs on sale in Canada: Porsche Taycan/Audi e-Tron GT Twins, VW ID.4/Audi Q4 Twins, total 4 models, 2 platforms, all made in Germany. Canadian production: 0. Signed a deal with SAIC and also XPeng for technology. $13b promised.
Total cars available from chriSStiya's crew: 4
Total under $100,000: 2
Total under $60,000: 1
Meanwhile, imposing carbon taxes on common people to "fight climate change". The government set a deadline of 2035 to be 100% EVs. Roughly 10 years... 10 years and most of these companies don't even have much product in the pipeline (except VW), let alone construction of whole plants.
edit: Adding one more point.
chriSStiya says that the reason this tarriff inquiry is happening is because of "Chinese overproduction".
Consumer demand rises because of climate change and gas prices. Production rises because of demand. Prices fall due to economies of scale.
"Clearly Capitalism is not working" - Washington DC Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance
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I just saw this on douyin regarding the news of the explosion of battery factory in SK. With many fatalities. It is said many of those were Chinese female nationals of Korean ethnicity.
I saw the huge number of comments and thought mostly should be about safety issues or condolences but actually top comments were about the pay. Said to be 50RMB per hr. Most were saying that's really high and envious. Some even hoping to go SK. I do wonder how much the factory workers in China gets paid compared to neighbouring countries.
I guess it just hits hard that even though China has developed alot in these decades, theres still some way to go. Many of us are proud of China rise but we also need to be realistic. There are still sections of population and areas in China that are behind. We have to not go overboard in our expectations.
I believe that is a little less than double a comparable position (factory worker) in China.
That being said, it is a given that you have to pay a premium to attract foreign workers, so that is not out of the ordinary. Plus the cost of living is higher in SK vs. China. I don't think this really says much about the living standards in general.
Not to say your point is incorrect, but I don't think that this particular incident is too indicative of anything.
