Lmao, you are bitching about Americans and you want to give your business to fucking China? Honestly, not much better. They will be spying on your whole fucking infrastructure in 3 years.
this post was submitted on 05 Mar 2025
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And the Americans won't?
I don't think Americans are trying to steal your proprietary business info or anything else. That's kind of a stupid question.
We dont need chinese ev to wreck US car industry. We need toyota and their hilux truck brand. We could build a toyota electric car manufacture around quebec's battery shop and a toyota hilux around alberta.
Please gimme a diesel hilux
now canada needs to invest in proper public transportation, so in the future people wouldn't need to buy a car just for day to day life.
but that would be communism. which would mean you need 'anti communists' like musk to fight it. sorry. had almost this exact same discussion in california fifteen years ago. you need some extra extra justification to back it, which means you're going to need really good messaging. kinda hoping you can skip the bullshit we went through on this that gave the nazis time to fuck everything up.
As shoukd Australia alas, our voters are too stupid to vite for the Green polticans who have this as their poliicy platform..
"Open the door to Chinese EVs" isn't a simple solution because it has wider reaches than restricting Tesla-imports. There's a reason Germany just effected tariffs on chinese EVs, namely because they are arguing that as china subsidizes their EVs, naturally non-subsidized local companies could never be price-competitive.
I don't know how that situation is in canada, but I bet similar things have to be looked at.
I like the solution, but it's not a simple one.
Germany
non-subsidized local companies
Germany constantly feeds immense subsidies to the automotive industry, what the hell are you talking about?
There's a reason Germany just effected tariffs on chinese EVs, namely because they are arguing
German polticans argue that, Mercedes, BMW and Stelantis argued AGAINST the tarrifs. China is the sibgle largest Car market on the planet..
The automotive industry in Canada would take a large hit I reckon.
But given that a lot of these are US companies working in Canada, maybe that's for the better. I'm not Canadian so my opinion is irrelevant anyway. Likely some people will lose their jobs and that sucks.
Interesting wiki, I had no idea you produced so many cars, since I don't know of any major Canadian car brands I just assumed you didn't build any either, never thought there could be plants from foreign brands.
I'm not Canadian even, just a car enthusiast :)
I think Europe or Canada should make EVs, and Greenland being given incentives to tap into their minerals to feed the materials necessary for the project. Greenland gets closer to independence, and whoever makes the cars gets to piss on Musk. Win-win, no need for the risk of CCP becoming too influential within democratic governments.
...While trade is a good thing, I think that maintaining at least a moderate level of manufacturing industry and sciences within your nation or cultural sphere to be very important. Just in case things get weird, like how 2025 has been.
Greenland being given incentives to tap into their minerals to feed the materials necessary for the project.
Greenland gets closer to independence
Colonial provinces supplying strategic resources to their European occupier has rarely made them more independent.
You work with what you have, not what you want. Greenland has fish, minerals, and a strategic position. Minerals is probably the best bet, because everyone needs the stuff, so you get to pick who you trade with.
You work with what you have, not what you want
Great euphemism for "I want your country to become a colony"
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