Supply Chain
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Unifor says GM has declared ‘war on Canada’ by increasing Mexico production
“This is the poster child for what’s wrong with NAFTA,” Unifor president Jerry Dias said, warning that the union won’t back down and could expand its labour action beyond the CAMI plant
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LNG Canada CEO says Canadian energy projects can be competitive despite delays, higher costs
Andy Calitz says he believes Canada’s low-cost natural gas and relatively closer proximity to Asia makes it competitive with other countries vying to sell liquefied natural gas around the world
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Capital investment in Canada’s auto sector well below pre-recession levels: report
DesRosiers Automotive Consultants says investment has been almost cut in half, noting “Canada’s loss of investment market share to Mexico and the southern U.S. over this period has been well documented”
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Former PM Stephen Harper breaks silence on NAFTA, and it’s not pretty
The former Conservative leader, who’s an ardent free trader, said powerful anti-trade forces that extend beyond Trump’s presidency are at play in American society and aren’t going away any time soon
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Boeing launches PR campaign touting economic contribution to Canada
The U.S. plane maker is looking to remind Canadians of its supply chain connections north of the border as its battle with Bombardier and the Canadian government continues
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Trudeau to sit down with Trump at White House as trade tensions run high
The prime minister said he will look for common ground on NAFTA with the U.S. president, who has repeatedly signalled he’d rather rip up the deal than renegotiate it
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Sears Canada seeks court approval to liquidate all stores, 12,000 to lose jobs
“Frankly, it was all a little, too little, too late,” one analyst said of the iconic retailer’s efforts to reinvent itself. After failing to find a buyer, the company is seeking approval to close all of its 130 remaining stores
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The sun is setting on Nova Scotia’s Sable Energy project
Work to shut down the facility is slated to start early next year and run for two years before all 22 wells are plugged and abandoned.
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Federal ‘supercluster’ program narrowed down to nine candidates
Justin Trudeau puts a lot of stock in Canada’s ability to innovate, something his supercluster research program will depend on. Five of these initiatives will be selected to receive a portion of the initial $950 millions investment. Here is a look at shortlist
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Magna, Intel and BMW create self-driving car superteam
Magna says the autonomous driving technology the partnership will develop will be flexible and adoptable for integration by multiple automakers