quote:Recently, within the last two years, GM, Toyota, and Honda announced that they would close plants in the continental US and move all manufacturing or at least assembly to Canada. The reason coming mostly from GM with the other two agreeing, that Canada had universal health care. The US does not.
Sorry Doug. GM did not take advantage of this situation. I can tell you that even at 80 cents on the dollar. Canadian auto worker White and Blue collar workers do not make what US workers earn. At the last GM negotiations the Canadian UAW voluntarily gave away 20% ( I think) to save their plant. 2 weeks later GM announced the closure of Oshawa Assembly claiming that Malibus were not good sellers. So either management are liars or they are trying to move jobs to the States or they are holding out to attempt to get subsidies from the Canadian government.