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Update, inhave been told that the Stellantis plant has been sold. If this is true, it is a massive and utter failure by this Liberal government. Rather than go to China and praise their vehicles, @MSidhuLiberal should be in Brampton fighting to keep this plant open.

As the Stellantis plant sits idle in HIS riding, he goes to China to praise their auto sector. You cannot make this up. What a way to slap all those unemployed workers in the face.

Chinese EVs are “affordable” because of weak labour and environmental laws, massive government subsidization and significant domestic overcapacity. ➡️ The average hourly wage at a Chinese auto plant is approximately USD $1.93-4.27 (Reuters). In comparison, unionized auto plants in Canada pay an average hourly wage of CAD $44.52 plus pensions and benefits. ➡️ China’s electricity grid, a key input into EV manufacturing, is heavily reliant on coal (60% of generation). Canada’s electricity grid draws over 80% of power from renewable and non-emitting sources. ➡️ China's state-directed industrial policy provided over USD $230 billion in subsidies between 2009 and 2023 (CSIS). Today, China’s auto production overcapacity exceeds 20 mn vehicles annually.

Visited Chery’s plant in China to discuss their upcoming models and hear about their plans to introduce affordable EVs to Canadians. I also discussed research and innovation they’re doing with universities like Concordia and the University of Toronto. They’re working with Canadian technology, too. Blackberry’s QNX technology will power the cars they want to bring to the Canadian market. 🇨🇦 J’ai visité l’usine de Chery en Chine pour discuter de ses prochains modèles et de son projet d’offrir des véhicules électriques abordables aux Canadiens. J’ai aussi parlé des travaux de recherche et d’innovation qu’elle mène avec des universités comme Concordia et l’Université de Toronto. Chery travaille également avec des technologies canadiennes. La technologie QNX de BlackBerry équipera les voitures qu’elle souhaite offrir sur le marché canadien.

Hold on a second. Canadians have been told, for months, that a key tenet in the Prime Minister's whole trade strategy is "walk away from Washington, pivot to Europe". Now we find out his own officials told him in December 2025 that the pivot runs straight into a wall? The EU's carbon tariff hits Canadian steel, iron and aluminum, the same metals already hit by U.S. tariffs. And even though, with great fanfare, the Prime Minister is forging ahead with some kind of "associate membership" for Canada in the EU, an exemption is "not currently possible." In other words, he sat on that detail for 10 months, until an access to information request forced it out days before he hosts the Canada-EU Summit. So the plan is: turn down the August terms that were agreed then disagreed to in three days with the U.S., tell workers Europe is the answer, and quietly know Europe is putting up its own border charge. According to the @CBCNews report, that charge is close to $900M a year in exposure in Newfoundland and Labrador, $792M in Quebec, and adds up to $150 more per tonne of steel by 2034. And recall that he weakened the carbon price in his Alberta deal while knowing that, with it, he made an EU exemption even harder to get. What kind of diversification is it if you're trading one tariff wall for two and hoping nobody reads the memo?

The European Union and Canada will endorse an unprecedented alliance at a summit next week, cementing plans for associate EU membership for Ottawa as both reduce their dependence on the US. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Unifor has secured an exceptional ruling from the Canada Industrial Relations Board ordering Best Theratronics Ltd. to compensate workers for lost wages and pension contributions and reimburse the union for supporting members during nearly eight months of strike action. buff.ly/eEuNCrO #canlab