Canada needs a strong EV market to secure future jobs

Electric vehicles draw on the sectors where Canada already has natural advantages: critical minerals, battery components, vehicle assembly, and maintenance.
If Canada wants to protect and grow auto jobs, we need to build the market that will define the next generation of manufacturing, write Adam Thorn and Megan Gordon.

Canada’s auto sector is in the middle of a historic transition. For decades, automotive factories operating in Canada have largely produced vehicles for the United States market. But that model is increasingly vulnerable as global competition intensifies and protectionist ...

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