Right to repair provisions must take the automotive sector into account

Automakers will continue to control the terms through which independent auto repair shops access necessary data unless there is an intervention by the federal government.

As vehicle technology advances, there is a concurrent increase in the cost to service them, writes Jean-François Champagne. Unsplash photograph by Maxim Hopman

Opinion

BY JEAN-FRANçOIS CHAMPAGNE

May 10, 2023

The tabling of the 2023 federal budget has come and gone. Just a year after entering into a supply-and-confidence agreement with the NDP that may see the Liberals govern into 2025, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland delivered her third budget titled...

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