Canada cannot rely on a branch-plant strategy for the future

Our current strategy of paying billions of dollars to multinationals to build branch plant operations in Canada is a recipe for second-class status.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a 2020 announcement on the retooling of the Oakville, Ont. Ford assembly plant. The pursuit of electric vehicle assembly plants, battery plants and critical minerals is a prime example of the federal government’s branch plant mentality, writes David Crane.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

August 21, 2023

TORONTO–The supermarket near where I live now has an array of security systems to detect food theft. It is yet another sign of the times: too many people with too little money, as rents, food and other basic living costs climb.

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