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Speaker 1: I'm your host, Michael Cloggs. So here's an interesting thought
Speaker 1: and question. Uh so, what do you do as a
Speaker 1: country when your biggest trade partner decides that it wants
Speaker 1: to be the biggest bully in the world, that it
Speaker 1: wants to make the rest of the world been to
Speaker 1: its well, been to its whim, been to its will
Speaker 1: and do exactly what wants the world to do wants
Speaker 1: When that bully wants the rest of the world to
Speaker 1: do exactly what they say to do and nothing more
Speaker 1: and nothing less, that they're the ones that need to
Speaker 1: be in control of everything and the rest of the
Speaker 1: world can take a back seat. What do you do
Speaker 1: when your biggest trade partner their ideology becomes that of
Speaker 1: supremacy and bigotry instead of inclusiveness, democracy and equality. Well,
Speaker 1: it is something that Canada is actually facing when their
Speaker 1: biggest trade partner, of course being the United States. And
Speaker 1: that's exactly how the United States is acting at this time.
Speaker 1: The whole make America great again campaign is that of
Speaker 1: how do we bully the world into doing what we
Speaker 1: wanted to do, and how do we eliminate those people
Speaker 1: that we find less desirable from our country and how
Speaker 1: is that going to spill over into into the rest
Speaker 1: of the world as time marches forward. Okay, so there
Speaker 1: is Canada is actually answering back to this, and the
Speaker 1: Leberal government, led of course by Mark Carney as Prime Minister,
Speaker 1: is actually coming up with new strategies to protect Canadians
Speaker 1: and to protect Canadian interest. One of those things we're
Speaker 1: gonna hear from uh from from them today and we're
Speaker 1: also gonna hear uh, well, we may not hear too
Speaker 1: many rebuttals for uh from one on the topic itself
Speaker 1: about the new automotive strategy and how uh the the
Speaker 1: Liberal government is pining on moving forward with such things
Speaker 1: and other industries so that it protects Canada. So we're
Speaker 1: going to hear from Mark Karney, and we're also going
Speaker 1: to hear from Melanie Jolie, the Minister of Industry and
Speaker 1: the Minister responsible for the Canadian Economic development for Quebec regions,
Speaker 1: and they're coming with a new strategy and some of
Speaker 1: the focuses on that are to accelerate investment in canada
Speaker 1: automotive automotive manufacturing sector. The government is allocating three billion
Speaker 1: dollars towards that and out of that, one hundred million
Speaker 1: from the Regional Tariff Response Initiative to help the auto
Speaker 1: industry adapt and grow and in diverse ways. To rationalize
Speaker 1: emissions reduction policies to focus on outcomes that matters to Canadians.
Speaker 1: The government will introduce stronger greenhouse gas emissions standards for
Speaker 1: models twenty seven from twenty twenty seven to twenty thirty two.
Speaker 1: These standards will put Canada on the path to achieve
Speaker 1: a goal of seventy five percent EV sales by twenty
Speaker 1: thirty five and ninety percent EV sales by twenty forty.
Speaker 1: To build domestic customer base to make electric vehicles more
Speaker 1: affordable and reliable, the government will launch a five year
Speaker 1: EVY affordability program. And there's several points to go along
Speaker 1: with that, and please do check out our our blog
Speaker 1: posts on depictions dot media for what the government is
Speaker 1: actually trying to do with this Number five is to
Speaker 1: protect Canadian auto workers and businesses from immediate pressures while
Speaker 1: helping to bridge them to the future. The government will
Speaker 1: provide support to employees through new work sharing grants, preventing
Speaker 1: layouts and support worker retention so businesses can plan for
Speaker 1: the future and a lot of us this does not
Speaker 1: actually involve the United States. Some of it does involve
Speaker 1: new partnerships with Asia and new partnerships being forged so
Speaker 1: that Canada can can take a leadership role in well
Speaker 1: the world economy and not take a backseat to the
Speaker 1: United States any longer. So we're going to hear from
Speaker 1: Melanie Jolie as she speaks about this. We're also going
Speaker 1: to hear from Prime Minister Carney. We're going to hear
Speaker 1: from advocates for Canadian workers and union members, and we're
Speaker 1: also going to hear from the interim NDP leader as
Speaker 1: he has something to say about the future, of course
Speaker 1: of the NDP and the future of Canada along with that.
Speaker 1: So why don't we get started and listen to what
Speaker 1: everybody has to say. We'll do that in a second,
Speaker 1: as there's some other things that well have to well,
Speaker 1: we need to talk about some other things that Donald
Speaker 1: Trump is doing. And as I said earlier that the
Speaker 1: United States is becoming the biggest bully on the block. Well,
Speaker 1: it isn't because of should we say, a wide spread
Speaker 1: thought process, but it has to do more with what
Speaker 1: one person is trying to do. And that person is
Speaker 1: of course the president, Donald Trump. And there's some things
Speaker 1: about him that he only has his own interests at heart.
Speaker 1: He doesn't have all of the United States interests at
Speaker 1: heart at all. That there's some recent things that have happened,
Speaker 1: a member of Ice being arrested for public public destruction
Speaker 1: and being a public nuisance and being fined six thousand
Speaker 1: dollars in Minneapolis, Minnesota. There are some other things that
Speaker 1: have were judges while some of some of the trials
Speaker 1: that are still happening around Donald Trump, he'd is ordered, yes,
Speaker 1: you can, as a judge order the president of the
Speaker 1: United States to well shut up. And he has ignored
Speaker 1: several gag orders and of course he has done that repeatedly.
Speaker 1: And here as a thought, what if the president of
Speaker 1: the United States is found in contempt of court by
Speaker 1: a judge? What does that actually mean and how can
Speaker 1: it be enforced? And that's something they could we could
Speaker 1: be seen pretty soon as.
Speaker 2: Well.
Speaker 1: He's not following the judges orders just because you are
Speaker 1: the president doesn't mean that you are held above or
Speaker 1: beyond the law that in many in many respects, you
Speaker 1: who are the greatest example of a citizen who respects
Speaker 1: the law in many respects. The President of the United
Speaker 1: States is an example of that person who does their
Speaker 1: best to abide by the rules and the law, because
Speaker 1: ultimately he is the chief executive officer of all of
Speaker 1: those who have taken an oath to protect the law,
Speaker 1: the constitution, and the country. And it's something that Donald
Speaker 1: Trump took that oath with his fingers crossed, with no
Speaker 1: intentions at all of honoring what that oath truly means.
Speaker 1: It's something to think about, especially if you're living in
Speaker 1: the United States right now. What do you do now
Speaker 1: that you've figured out that your president has no intentions
Speaker 1: of honoring it what the definition of the United States
Speaker 1: truly is. So with that being said, let's get started
Speaker 1: and we're going to hear from Melanie Jolie as she
Speaker 1: talks about new plans for the Canadian automotive sector and
Speaker 1: what it means for the Canadian economy.
Speaker 3: I'm Dominica Ruric. I'm the Member of Parliament for Guelf Merce,
Speaker 3: the Elenamar Merce HOSTELTI. It is so fitting to be
Speaker 3: in the Frank HASSENFRAT Center for Excellence in Manufacturing to
Speaker 3: announce Canada's Auto strategy. Lennamar has been a cornerstone of
Speaker 3: innovation and advanced manufacturing in Gwealth and globally. Their leadership
Speaker 3: continues to shape not only our local economy, but Canada's
Speaker 3: position in the.
Speaker 4: Global auto sector and other sectors.
Speaker 3: As well. Lenamar's success and indeed Canada's new Auto strategy,
Speaker 3: they both underscore the importance of ongoing support for the
Speaker 3: best auto workers in the world, support for innovation in
Speaker 3: the auto sector, and a relentless pursuit of new global markets.
Speaker 3: Thank you Mark's Daddart and your entire team for the
Speaker 3: work you do every day and for hosting us today.
Speaker 3: Thank you Mayor Cam Guthrie, our MPP, Mike Shriner and
Speaker 3: Chamber of Commerce President and Y Veller for being here.
Speaker 3: Our presence here collectively represents one of gwelf's great strength
Speaker 3: and that is we enjoy strong collaboration across all levels
Speaker 3: of government, in the business community and throughout the broader community.
Speaker 3: And that collaboration is absolutely essential as we help local
Speaker 3: businesses face the you know weather the impacts of unjustified
Speaker 3: American tariffs and chart the next chapter of Canada's automotive
Speaker 3: and industrial future. There's no better city to illustrate and
Speaker 3: realize the potential that lies in the synergy of a
Speaker 3: successful and sustainable auto sector than Guelph. De riperti far
Speaker 3: if JayR inke Outreville o Canada qui ilustre e concretismir
Speaker 3: les nego sector automobile prosper izab Kigwelf. As a member
Speaker 3: of the Industry Committee, Chair of the Autocaucus and Member
Speaker 3: of Parliament for Guelph, it's my absolute privilege to convene
Speaker 3: and to continue this important conversation about where the auto
Speaker 3: sector is headed. We know how critical the sector is
Speaker 3: to the Canadian economy, to each word and to each community.
Speaker 3: The strategy supports and showcases Canada's ability to adapt, to innovate,
Speaker 3: and to lead when the world is changing quickly. We
Speaker 3: know global competition is intensifying. Consumers are demanding cleaner, smarter,
Speaker 3: more efficient options. Countries around the world are racing to
Speaker 3: secure the investments, talent and supply chains that will define
Speaker 3: the next generation of mobility, and Canada has every reason
Speaker 3: to lead this race for the sector and in our
Speaker 3: race to net zero bi dire in zavon leadership necessarire
Speaker 3: varsila capesti ains.
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Speaker 3: Just as gwelf has this extraordinary synergy of the auto
Speaker 3: sector and sustainability leadership, We're fortunate to have with us
Speaker 3: today a leader who has served as the Minister of
Speaker 3: Global Affairs, therefore deeply understands like global dynamics and now
Speaker 3: works tirelessly to strengthen Canada's industrial capacity to attract major
Speaker 3: investments and a champion innovation across the country. It's my
Speaker 3: absolute honor to invite you to join me in welcoming
Speaker 3: my colleague, my minister on the Industry Committee and Canada's
Speaker 3: Minister of Industry. Be honorable and ENERGINI.
Speaker 4: Well, thank you. The Manique to six tradition fun Devani media.
Speaker 4: So I just said in French. You know already that
Speaker 4: I'm a fan, but I'm saying it in front the media.
Speaker 4: Dominic has been a tireless advocate obviously for Gwelth in
Speaker 4: southwestern Ontario, but actually also focusing on the auto sector.
Speaker 4: And she was the first to create an auto caucus
Speaker 4: within our caucus and she's been leading it. So she's
Speaker 4: been actually a very important part of putting the auto
Speaker 4: strategy together. So thank you so much, mister Mayor, mpp Mark, everybody.
Speaker 4: I'm really happy to be here. Unfortunately Linda is elsewhere,
Speaker 4: but we love Linda and we know she's working and
Speaker 4: I'll be in contact with her later today. So thank
Speaker 4: you for hosting us. When you think about it and
Speaker 4: take a bit of a step back of what does
Speaker 4: it mean to be part of the auto industry in Canada, Well,
Speaker 4: we're five hundred thousand auto workers strong. We're fundamentally an
Speaker 4: auto nation. We build the best card in the world
Speaker 4: for the world, and we've been time and time again
Speaker 4: winning prizes because we're building these cars, and also we
Speaker 4: have some of the most productive plants auto plants in
Speaker 4: the world. Even recently, I know that the Dodge Charger
Speaker 4: won the Car of the Year at the Detroit Auto Show.
Speaker 4: I know that Linamar has been participating in actually building
Speaker 4: this car. Because a lot of the autoparts come from
Speaker 4: Lenamar and from here. So I wanted to congratulate the team,
Speaker 4: the executive team, the workers, because that's because of your work.
Speaker 4: So congrats. I know we're not that many, but why not?
Speaker 4: Why not? And where we can also be extremely proud
Speaker 4: is we have national champions when it comes to autoparts,
Speaker 4: and Linimar is one of the three national champions, not
Speaker 4: only building here but also across the world autoparts. So
Speaker 4: we come to the Auto Conversation in a place of strength,
Speaker 4: and we know that the sector is going through a
Speaker 4: lot of change. Yes, US tariffs unjustified, unjustifiable twenty five
Speaker 4: percent tariffs against our industry and our workers. But also
Speaker 4: it is happening at a time where there's a real
Speaker 4: revolution happening in the auto sector because we know that
Speaker 4: the electrification is a reality. The market is going there,
Speaker 4: and actually capital is going there. It has not necessarily
Speaker 4: hit as much North America, but it's a question of
Speaker 4: time and by twenty thirty five, forty percent of all
Speaker 4: the cars in the world sold will be evs. So
Speaker 4: what do we do. There are lots of things we
Speaker 4: can't control. We can't control what's going on in south
Speaker 4: of the border, but there are many things we can control,
Speaker 4: and what we do with our auto sector is something
Speaker 4: we can control. And so we'll continue to fight for
Speaker 4: auto workers, We'll continue to fight for auto businesses, and
Speaker 4: I'll make sure that I fight within cabinet to prioritize
Speaker 4: the auto sector and so and dominique within caucus as well.
Speaker 4: So our auto strategy has two main objectives. First, auto production.
Speaker 4: We want to make sure that we build cars in Canada,
Speaker 4: build them for North America, but also for the world.
Speaker 4: And the other objective is we want to embrace progress.
Speaker 4: We want to be able to embrace the new technologies
Speaker 4: that are being developed in the auto sector. So that's
Speaker 4: why yesterday we announced a very important the Prime Minister
Speaker 4: announce a very important auto strategy which is built on
Speaker 4: these different initiatives. First, three billion dollars to support our automakers,
Speaker 4: to protect jobs, but also to attract new investments. Second,
Speaker 4: we'll continue to put counter tariffs against American made vehicles
Speaker 4: because they put the US has put tariffs on our
Speaker 4: auto sector. But we will also allow more market access
Speaker 4: to companies that decide to invest here and actually build
Speaker 4: even more. And there are companies such as Honda and Toyota,
Speaker 4: that since the beginning of this trade war have actually
Speaker 4: increased their auto production, so we want to reward them.
Speaker 4: We're also putting in place e the incentives five thousands
Speaker 4: for eves and particularly also those made in Canada, and
Speaker 4: twenty five hundred for hybrid plugins. We're going after GHD
Speaker 4: reduction through new GHD emission standards, and we think that
Speaker 4: we'll drive down emissions. But we're also aligning US elves
Speaker 4: much more with Europe, which is a first. We will
Speaker 4: build new charging stations across the country. We know that
Speaker 4: there's range anxiety and we need to address this. There
Speaker 4: are solutions we've seen elsewhere in the world. They're being built.
Speaker 4: We're putting one point five billion dollars in the Infrastructure
Speaker 4: Bank to make sure that that's the case. We're also
Speaker 4: going to push even more for work sharing program and
Speaker 4: really prevent layoffs, so that's also focused on workers. And finally,
Speaker 4: we're tracking new investments. Our goal is to leverage our
Speaker 4: defense procurement, particularly the submarine deal, to track new car
Speaker 4: plants in Canada and all so we will use our
Speaker 4: trade agreements to have market access around the world to
Speaker 4: export the cars made here. So today I'm happy to
Speaker 4: announce that in the coming weeks I will convene the
Speaker 4: Canada Auto Task Force, and I was on the phone
Speaker 4: with Premiere Forward again this morning and with Minister Fideli
Speaker 4: and together with the province, we will bring key decision
Speaker 4: makers from the auto industry, labor and government to have
Speaker 4: a clear plan for the future. Our first objective will
Speaker 4: be to build the twenty twenty nine Honda Civic and
Speaker 4: Canada and we will secure the future Toyota Wrap four
Speaker 4: and Lexus models for Canadian production. First objective. Second objective
Speaker 4: we are bringing production home and we will focus on Ingersoll,
Speaker 4: Brampton and Oshawa which have been hit by either closures
Speaker 4: or reduction of ship And third objective we will attract
Speaker 4: new partners to build new auto plants in Canada Grass Strategic,
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Speaker 4: Ovava are So. Twenty twenty five was a year where
Speaker 4: we were all reacting to what was going on, particularly
Speaker 4: south of the border. Twenty twenty six is the year
Speaker 4: where we have a plan and we're moving ahead. Will
Speaker 4: be a pleasure for me to take all your questions.
Speaker 5: Yes, when will take a few questions your name.
Speaker 6: Hi Santa reporter with God today.
Speaker 4: Hi nice smitten, Nice.
Speaker 6: To meet you as well. I know Linda isn't here,
Speaker 6: but around this time last year there was announcement here
Speaker 6: and I'd ask her a question regarding the tariffs. Everything
Speaker 6: was quite new and she said, in her opinion, if
Speaker 6: a significant tariff is imposed, it will bring the industry
Speaker 6: to its knees.
Speaker 4: That was last year. What about this year?
Speaker 6: You just sort of said moving forward, Well.
Speaker 4: Our goal is that we will make sure that we
Speaker 4: fight back and are the workers have been at work
Speaker 4: dedicated to build the best cars in the world. I've
Speaker 4: just mentioned we just won the Dotch Charger as the
Speaker 4: car of the Year at the Detroit Auto Show. But
Speaker 4: also we won't just sit idle while our industry is
Speaker 4: under threat. No, we're finding new partners, We're diversifying, we
Speaker 4: will continue to invest. And I think that in the eighties,
Speaker 4: Cana was facing a similar challenge. D three were basically
Speaker 4: shutting down operations and cutting jobs across the country. What
Speaker 4: happened The liberal government at the time decided to turn
Speaker 4: towards Japan, and eventually the mulroney government decided to open
Speaker 4: Japanese made car plants in Canada, and since then, Honda
Speaker 4: and Toyota have been producing seventy seven percent of all
Speaker 4: the cars in Canada this year, no major layoffs in
Speaker 4: forty years. So we will invest in those who invest
Speaker 4: in us.
Speaker 6: With that investment, what can well see, what can Letamar
Speaker 6: see to propel forward.
Speaker 4: So Mark and I are sitting down later today. What
Speaker 4: I would like to do is to not only expand
Speaker 4: even more the business plan of Linamar, but I want
Speaker 4: to make sure also that we are able both to
Speaker 4: foster even more investment by our major auto parts companies
Speaker 4: with new players in the market. Linamar has great knowledge
Speaker 4: from around the world of the different auto trends, and
Speaker 4: so I think we can see what we can do
Speaker 4: to build much more Kenny made cars with Auto Canadian
Speaker 4: auto parts suppliers from here.
Speaker 6: My last question, yeah, in terms of ev you know
Speaker 6: we've got here at Lenamar. They're doing things with batteries
Speaker 6: and storage and things like that, and local advocates here
Speaker 6: with Emerge. Well, I've been pushing for these rebates back,
Speaker 6: et cetera. What do you say to the locals who're
Speaker 6: pushing for EVY harder than ever, Well, they.
Speaker 4: Should good news. Well, work with them.
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Speaker 4: Silentest news. I think it's really good news. I think
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Speaker 4: here for a long run.
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Speaker 4: we will invest in those who invest in us. And
Speaker 4: what do I mean by that? We just signed a
Speaker 4: partnership with Korea on auto manufacturing last week? What are
Speaker 4: we seeing this week? Algi is buying out Solentis to
Speaker 4: invest more in Canada. Good news, but without pred you
Speaker 4: to the right, Honorable Prime, Minister Mark Carney.
Speaker 9: Naioku, thank you, thank you very much, Minister Jolie, Minister
Speaker 9: debrus and Cauk, his colleagues.
Speaker 2: Let me just start it is. This is a great day.
Speaker 2: It is a great day.
Speaker 9: It's always a good day to be back at Martin Ria.
Speaker 9: I want to just thank the team here, Rob, Fred
Speaker 9: and Kada, all the team here. This is an extraordinary
Speaker 9: Canadian success company story. This is a great day because
Speaker 9: we're celebrating a couple of births. We are celebrating the
Speaker 9: birthday of Rob Wilde, or because of Flavio Volpe, it's
Speaker 9: many contributions. We are celebrating the birthday or the unveiling
Speaker 9: of the Arrow two point zero, which shows what the
Speaker 9: future of automotive in Canada is. And we're celebrating the
Speaker 9: future of the world's greatest auto industry. We are here
Speaker 9: where Canada Strong is forged.
Speaker 2: Every day this company, nearly.
Speaker 9: Twenty thousand skilled workers come together to build the engine blocks,
Speaker 9: the transmission housings, the control arms, the future that helps
Speaker 9: drive our auto industry and our economy. And as you
Speaker 9: just heard, but you know this, you just heard from
Speaker 9: the minister. This is a pivotal moment both for the
Speaker 9: industry and our economy.
Speaker 2: We know that US tariffs have upended.
Speaker 9: The bargain that's existed for as long as I've lived.
Speaker 2: It's put our.
Speaker 9: Workers, our businesses, our country under a cloud of uncertainty.
Speaker 9: We also know you see some of the innovation here.
Speaker 9: We know that the global auto sector is being radically transformed,
Speaker 9: rapid shifts towards lower mission is, towards greater connectivity, towards
Speaker 9: even more advanced manufacturing.
Speaker 2: So the decisions that.
Speaker 9: Canada makes now will shape careers, communities and our economies
Speaker 9: for decades to come. And we will not miss this opportunity.
Speaker 9: A confident Canada like a confident Martin RAA confident Canada
Speaker 9: is making the strategic decisions and the generational investments today
Speaker 9: to build the affordable, enjoyable and low emissions automobiles of
Speaker 9: the future. As Minister Julie just said, Canada is an AutoNation.
Speaker 9: The auto industry is central to our story. In fact,
Speaker 9: the first automobile manufactured here was in the year of
Speaker 9: Confederation a teen sixty seven in Stanstad, Quebec. Henry Seth
Speaker 9: Taylor built the first Canadian made automobile, the tailor steam
Speaker 9: buggy was powered by a simple coal boiler and mounted
Speaker 9: on a wagon wheel carriage.
Speaker 2: It was a one off, hand built.
Speaker 9: Machine, never intended for mass production, but it proved Canadian
Speaker 9: made automobiles are possible.
Speaker 2: One hundred and fifty eight years on.
Speaker 9: The auto industry is the core pillar of the Canadian economy.
Speaker 2: More than half a million Canadians.
Speaker 9: Wake up every morning, go to work and bring home
Speaker 9: a paycheck. Because we make cars in this country. Entire
Speaker 9: communities have been built around car plants. Cities Towns, windsor Alston,
Speaker 9: two examples. The auto sector remains the largest employer. Will
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Speaker 2: This is success dec.
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Speaker 9: symbol of how closely the Canadian and American economies have
Speaker 9: been intertwined than automobiles. The average car is built from
Speaker 9: parts that travel across our border up to eight times
Speaker 9: before landing on the showroom floor. Ninety percent of Canada's
Speaker 9: finished vehicles, sixty percent of our auto parts are exported
Speaker 9: to the United States, but that trade relationship that once
Speaker 9: was a great strength has now become a serious vulnerability. Now,
Speaker 9: I want to be clear, Canada still has the best
Speaker 9: deal of any US trading partner, with eighty five percent
Speaker 9: of our trade with the United States remaining tariff free
Speaker 9: in the lowest.
Speaker 2: Average tariff right in the world.
Speaker 9: And as we prepare for the joint review of COSMA
Speaker 9: it will begin later this year, Canada's new government remains
Speaker 9: focused on protecting this unique Canadian advantage. Our objective is
Speaker 9: to remove all tariffs in the auto sector to build
Speaker 9: the strongest North American auto sector.
Speaker 2: That's what we will build together.
Speaker 9: But we recognize that that is not the current objective
Speaker 9: of the US administration.
Speaker 2: Their approach has changed.
Speaker 9: It is They're right, So we have to prepare for
Speaker 9: all possibilities. We might take care of ourselves.
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Speaker 9: Gayvernent has already implemented the most comprehensive set of trade
Speaker 9: resilient measures in Canada's history.
Speaker 2: We've moved fast and we're already seeing results.
Speaker 9: Our measures have created and protected eighteen thousand jobs across steel, aluminum,
Speaker 9: lumber and the auto sector. They've prevented more than twenty
Speaker 9: thousand layoffs. We've unlocked almost one billion dollars in private
Speaker 9: investment by small and medium sized businesses. We provided income
Speaker 9: supports for more than six thousand workers, with a total
Speaker 9: of one hundred and ninety thousand more expected to benefit,
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Speaker 9: for a compeer Setansomacion. The future of the auto industry
Speaker 9: is increasingly electric and connected, and so to remain competitive
Speaker 9: and to realize our potential.
Speaker 2: We must develop the entire value.
Speaker 9: Chain for next generation vehicles, harnessing Canada's exceptional capabilities in
Speaker 9: auto production, including the world's greatest workforce, including globally recognized
Speaker 9: parts suppliers and leading edge research and development. Will combine
Speaker 9: these strengths with new battery supply chains that will power
Speaker 9: the future of mobility, reinforced by Canada's IT expertise, world
Speaker 9: leading AI and robotics technologies, to position Canada as a
Speaker 9: global leader in vehicle electrification and autonomous technologies. In the
Speaker 9: coming weeks, our government will unveil a new electricity strategy
Speaker 9: to double I'll repeat, to double our grid capacity, to
Speaker 9: modernize our infrastructure, and to deliver electricity that's more reliable,
Speaker 9: more efficient, crucially more affordable for Canadians. This will enable
Speaker 9: Canadians to adopt low carbon technologies such as electric vehicles,
Speaker 9: while supporting the electrification and growth of our industries.
Speaker 2: With our deep talent.
Speaker 9: With our deep talent, our research strengths, our innovation ecosystem,
Speaker 9: we can lead the development of the connected and autonomous
Speaker 9: technologies that will shape the future of transportation. We will
Speaker 9: prioritize diversification, including new opportunities that will be created by
Speaker 9: Canada's defense industrial strategy to strengthen the industry and its
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Speaker 9: in the vehicles of tomorrow, and we're positioning Canadian workers
Speaker 9: and businesses to seize that opportunity. And that's why today
Speaker 9: we're announcing a series of strategic investments that will shape
Speaker 9: the future of mobility and advance manufacturing in Canada. As
Speaker 9: part of a coordinated plan to build a stronger, more competitive,
Speaker 9: more independent country.
Speaker 2: Our strategy rests on five pillars.
Speaker 9: First, accelerating investment in Canadian auto manufacturing. Second, rationalizing emission
Speaker 9: reduction policies to focus on the outcomes that mattered to Canadians. Third,
Speaker 9: strengthening domestic demand by making electric vehicles more affordable and
Speaker 9: reliable for Canadians. Fourth, establishing a comprehensive trade regime that
Speaker 9: strengthens the competitiveness of our auto sector. And fifth, protecting
Speaker 9: Canadian auto workers from the immediate pressures while helping them
Speaker 9: bridge to the future.
Speaker 2: So let me get into a few of those details,
Speaker 2: and I'll take questions.
Speaker 9: First, we're accelerating investment across the auto value chain to
Speaker 9: support strategic investments by our companies. We're dedicating three billion
Speaker 9: dollars from the Strategic Response Fund and one hundred million
Speaker 9: dollars from the Regional Tariff Response Initiative. This is capital
Speaker 9: that will help our businesses respond to those trade disruptions,
Speaker 9: help them pivot their operations, retool plans to increase productivity,
Speaker 9: invest in advanced manufacturing, and expand into new markets. In
Speaker 9: line with our Buy Canadian policy, the government will leverage
Speaker 9: these investments to maximize opportunities for Canadian suppliers Canadian made
Speaker 9: goods and services, including in steel and aluminum. We're also
Speaker 9: implementing the most comprehensive investment incentives for the auto.
Speaker 2: Value chain anywhere anywhere in the world.
Speaker 9: The new productivity super deduction will reduce Canada's marginal effective
Speaker 9: tax rate on investment to thirteen percent. That's more than
Speaker 9: four percentage points lower than in the United States. That means,
Speaker 9: and let me be clear, this is very broad. It
Speaker 9: means businesses can immediately expense one hundred percent of their
Speaker 9: investments in manufacturing machinery, in equipment, in buildings, in zero
Speaker 9: emission vehicles, in clean energy equipment, in scientific research and development,
Speaker 9: and productivity enhancing assets including patents, data and net network infrastructure,
Speaker 9: computers and beyond. Further, in addition, because this is in
Speaker 9: addition to accelerate investment across the low carbon mobility value chain,
Speaker 9: we're implementing the Clean Electricity Investment tax Credit. We're expanding
Speaker 9: the Clean Technology Manufacturing Investment tax Credit, and we're.
Speaker 2: Including the wide range of critical minerals.
Speaker 9: And we are reducing the tax rate for zero emission
Speaker 9: technology manufacturers so they benefit from one half of the
Speaker 9: normal corporate tax rate, and that is before these deductions.
Speaker 9: Put simply, we're making Canada the best place to invest,
Speaker 9: the best place to build, the best place to build clean.
Speaker 9: Our second pillar is to adapt our mission reduction policies
Speaker 9: to focus on outcomes. Canada will set a new, more
Speaker 9: ambitious sovereign path to reduce automobile emissions. Will drive down
Speaker 9: emissions by more than doubling the stringency of Canada's vehicle
Speaker 9: GHD standards by twenty thirty five, achieving the equivalent emissions
Speaker 9: reductions of a seventy five percent ev adoption rate. We
Speaker 9: won't stop there by, Leveraging new investments in EV production,
Speaker 9: consumer incentives, and charging infrastructure will work towards achieving the
Speaker 9: equivalent of a ninety percent ev adoption rate by twenty forty.
Speaker 9: The more stringent emission standards will enable the Government of
Speaker 9: Canada to repeal the Electric Vehicle Accessibility Standard so called EVAs.
Speaker 9: Replacing EVAs with those stronger vehicle emission standards focuses on
Speaker 9: the results the matter to Canadians while avoid avoiding placing
Speaker 9: undue burdens on the Canadian auto industry. This approach allows
Speaker 9: manufacturers to use a wide range of technologies to meet
Speaker 9: the standards and to respond to consumer preferences in the
Speaker 9: near term.
Speaker 2: All while driving ev adoption over time.
Speaker 9: The third way we will transform our auto sector is
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Speaker 9: and that's why our government is launching a new two
Speaker 9: point three billion dollars electric vehicle affordability program. Canadians who
Speaker 9: purchase or lease a battery electric or fuel cell electric
Speaker 9: vehicle will receive up to five thousand dollars and up
Speaker 9: to two thousand, five hundred dollars for plug in hybrids
Speaker 9: priced up to fifty thousand dollars to support the Canadian
Speaker 9: auto industry. This fifty thousand dollars cap will.
Speaker 2: Not apply to Canadian made evs or Canadian.
Speaker 9: Made plug in hybrids, and those incentives will only apply
Speaker 9: to vehicles produced in countries with whom Canada has a
Speaker 9: free trade agreement. We're also going to make it easier
Speaker 9: and more convenient for Canadians to charge your evs, because
Speaker 9: too many Canadians worry about being able to reliably get
Speaker 9: charging on journeys, especially in rural and northern communities. To
Speaker 9: help fix that, we're developing a new national charging infrastructure,
Speaker 9: a new strategy one point five billion of investment through
Speaker 9: the Canadian Infrastructure Bank, So wherever you live in Canada,
Speaker 9: charging your vehicle should become as simple as filling your
Speaker 9: gas tank. The fourth pillar of our strategy is to
Speaker 9: establish a comprehensive trade regime that strengthens the global competitiveness
Speaker 9: of our auto sector. Again, to be clear, Canada continues
Speaker 9: to face a zero terraf regime with the United States
Speaker 9: and autos because we know that will deliver the strongest
Speaker 9: North American auto industry, but if the US, through the
Speaker 9: Cosmo Review, insists on some form of auto tariffs, will
Speaker 9: ensure that companies that sell vehicles in Canada are strongly
Speaker 9: incentivized to produce in Canada. And to support this objective,
Speaker 9: we will explore strengthening our automotive remissions framework through a
Speaker 9: tradable credit system that would reward companies that produce and
Speaker 9: invest in Canada. In short, companies that manufacture and invest
Speaker 9: here would earn credits, while companies seeking to sell vehicles
Speaker 9: in Canada without paying tariffs would be required to purchase
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Speaker 9: year in the market at one point eight million cars,
Speaker 9: so helped provide Canadians.
Speaker 2: With more affordable, energy efficient options.
Speaker 9: At the same time, we expect this agreement to catalyze
Speaker 9: considerable joint venture investment in Canada with trusted Canadian partners
Speaker 9: to create new auto manufacturing jobs and strengthen the buildout
Speaker 9: of our ev supply chain. Finally, as we transform our
Speaker 9: auto sector into a global leader in electric vehicles, we're
Speaker 9: working to protect workers and businesses today so they can
Speaker 9: bridge to the economy of tomorrow. We're providing additional income
Speaker 9: support to workers and to employers through a new work
Speaker 9: sharing grant, giving them the flexibility that employers need to
Speaker 9: retain workers and prevent layoffs.
Speaker 2: This has already helped.
Speaker 9: Prevent more than three thousand, seven hundred layoffs in the
Speaker 9: auto sector alone. We're also establishing a new Workforce Alliance,
Speaker 9: bringing together industry labor training partners to address skilled gaps,
Speaker 9: remove bottlenecks, and.
Speaker 2: Catalyze private investment.
Speaker 9: We're launching the Automotive Task Force to drive ordinated action
Speaker 9: between our government and the Province of Ontario to build
Speaker 9: the cars of the future. We're breaking down barriers and
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Speaker 9: automakers would assemble the world's first affordable car, the Ford Model.
Speaker 9: T that Canadian automakers would scale up production rapidly to
Speaker 9: become the second largest producer of cars in the world
Speaker 9: by the end of the First World War. That in
Speaker 9: World War Two, the industry would quickly shift almost entirely
Speaker 9: to military production, producing more than eight hundred thousand military
Speaker 9: transport vehicles and fifty thousand tanks to help win that war.
Speaker 9: These feats were the results of Canadian determination and ingenuity.
Speaker 9: They were the product of an industry that adapted, pivoted,
Speaker 9: and when necessary transformed. That's what we must now do
Speaker 9: to build the vehicles of the future, Autonomous, more reliable,
Speaker 9: more affordable vehicles for stronger, more resilient, more independent Canadian
Speaker 9: economy that creates great jobs here at home.
Speaker 2: That is what we are building together. That is a
Speaker 2: confident in Canada. That is Canada strong.
Speaker 10: Thank you very much, Messaga, Thank you, Prime Minister. Miss
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Speaker 10: First question, should good.
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Speaker 11: Three quarters of Canada's auto production right now is from
Speaker 11: Japanese firms, and you've made efforts recently to attract investment
Speaker 11: from Korea from China. So does the future of the
Speaker 11: auto sector lie with Asia and not the United States?
Speaker 11: And have you lost faith in the Detroit automakers to
Speaker 11: build in Canada.
Speaker 2: Absolutely.
Speaker 9: One of the great things about the Canadian auto sector
Speaker 9: is its diversity. We have a wide partners You're absolutely
Speaker 9: right that Japanese producers are the account for roughly three
Speaker 9: quarters of the production here. They're major players. We have
Speaker 9: integrated supply chains across North America. In fact, more broadly,
Speaker 9: companies like Martin Ria, We are in active discussions with
Speaker 9: a range of potential new investors from a broader range
Speaker 9: of countries. Korea would be one example in the Canadian
Speaker 9: auto sector for Canadian production, and we are working with
Speaker 9: the Detroit Three, the major American auto makers, on retooling
Speaker 9: some of their plans, expanding activity here and integrating there. Importantly,
Speaker 9: the effectiveness of the work with the US auto makers
Speaker 9: will be impacted by the results of the Kuzman negotiations.
Speaker 9: We have a strong view that the most effective, strongest, resilient, competitive,
Speaker 9: affordable auto sector in North America is one where vehicles
Speaker 9: and parts continue to move across our borders tariff free.
Speaker 9: That view is shared by the Detroit automakers as well,
Speaker 9: and we'll be working hard in order to accomplish that.
Speaker 9: If that is not the case, we're putting it in
Speaker 9: place a series of measures for production in Canada, for Canadians.
Speaker 2: For export to the world.
Speaker 11: You said removing auto tariffs is not the quote current
Speaker 11: objective of the US administration. I know that you said
Speaker 11: that Canada prefers there to be no tariffs, But do
Speaker 11: you think that tariffs on the auto sector will be
Speaker 11: here in place for the long term, at least through
Speaker 11: the Trump administration's term.
Speaker 9: Look, it's a review of the agreement. Under the current
Speaker 9: COSMO agreement is not consistent with having auto tariffs that
Speaker 9: there are in place, we have matching counter tariffs. I
Speaker 9: think it's from the lesson of what's been happening over
Speaker 9: the course of the last year that the previous arrangements
Speaker 9: were more effective and we're going to work hard to
Speaker 9: move back towards that, as is the Mexican government, as
Speaker 9: I think I can speak for the auto sector as
Speaker 9: a whole, has given extensive consultations. That's what the auto
Speaker 9: sector thinks is in the best interests as well. That said,
Speaker 9: what we're doing today is robust to whatever tariff outcome happens.
Speaker 2: In that review.
Speaker 9: The scale of the investment through the Strategic Response Fund
Speaker 9: supports through those series of tax measures, support providing a
Speaker 9: better charging infrastructure for Canadians, incentives for Canadians to develop
Speaker 9: to buy electric vehicles, as well as the entire developing
Speaker 9: the entire supply chain from critical minerals through the batteries
Speaker 9: all the way through the final vehicle assembly, including the
Speaker 9: it components, the robotics.
Speaker 2: And the AI components.
Speaker 9: Event all of that is in the interests of a
Speaker 9: highly highly competitive Canadian auto sector, irrespective of the outcome
Speaker 9: of those tariff discussions with the United States.
Speaker 2: Thank you.
Speaker 10: An next question push on Kisoon.
Speaker 12: Good morning, Prime Minister Nichia Patel, CBC News. Along with
Speaker 12: cutting the ev mandate, you've cut the consumer carbon tax,
Speaker 12: weakened a commitment to the oil and gas emissions cap,
Speaker 12: You're exempting Alberta from clean out energy regulations, and abandon
Speaker 12: a promise to plant two billion trees. Do you still
Speaker 12: consider yourself a leader on climate change?
Speaker 2: Absolutely?
Speaker 9: I consider Canada leader on climate change and on focusing
Speaker 9: on climate change results and solutions. So let me enumerate
Speaker 9: what we're doing, and there is more to come. Minister
Speaker 9: de Bruson is here and working closely with the Minister
Speaker 9: and responsibilities is Environment and Climate Change, Minister of Industry. Myself,
Speaker 9: a host of industries are developing our climate change strategy,
Speaker 9: which will come out shortly. But let's be clear what
Speaker 9: we're doing, and I'm going to start with what we're
Speaker 9: talking about today. First is establishing through a huge range
Speaker 9: of direct supports and tax incentives for the entire clean
Speaker 9: vehicle production chain value change from critical mineral development, processing,
Speaker 9: battery infrastructure, through to tax incentives for clean manufacturing and
Speaker 9: the manufacturing of low emission and EV vehicles.
Speaker 2: So all of that in place the most.
Speaker 9: Competitive investment regime by a mile for the auto sector,
Speaker 9: in particularly for clean So that's one. Number Two incentives
Speaker 9: for consumers to adopt vs being put back in place.
Speaker 9: Number three and a focus on the results in terms
Speaker 9: of the trends, position path of the industry.
Speaker 2: So we want emissions down, we're double it.
Speaker 9: We're tightening by twofold our GHD emissions standards, and we're
Speaker 9: giving the industry the flexibility how they achieve that, whether through.
Speaker 2: Plug in hybrids, evs, more efficient ice vehicles.
Speaker 9: There are multiple paths on this part as we ramp
Speaker 9: up our clean energy side. In addition, and I'm not
Speaker 9: going to make this too much longer, in addition, I
Speaker 9: alluded to this, I said it, and you will see
Speaker 9: it shortly. We are putting in place an electricity strategy,
Speaker 9: a good conversation with the provinces around this to double
Speaker 9: the scale of our grid in this country, which is
Speaker 9: a clean grid. Finally, with respect to Alberta and conventional
Speaker 9: energy exports.
Speaker 2: The L and G exports from that are coming.
Speaker 9: Actual and perspective out of Vancouver are top quartile or
Speaker 9: top death style lowest emission LERG the oil. If we
Speaker 9: have an oil pipeline, which we're working towards achieving UH
Speaker 9: to the West coast, it will be twinned with the
Speaker 9: Pathways project, the.
Speaker 2: Largest carbon capture and storage project in the world.
Speaker 9: Not just making sure that that's low emission oil and
Speaker 9: gas in the production and transportation of oil and gas,
Speaker 9: but they were creating an entirely new industry.
Speaker 2: So the point is we are focused.
Speaker 9: We are dead focused on results, getting emissions down, making
Speaker 9: the major investments that we need to get investments, emissions down,
Speaker 9: and in the process creating more jaws for Canadians and
Speaker 9: a better future for our economy.
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Speaker 12: One quick one was this new greenhouse gas emissions standard
Speaker 12: system modeled with the impact it would have on the environment,
Speaker 12: And if it hadn't been, did it roll?
Speaker 2: No? No, it was modeled with it. So I'll give
Speaker 2: you a sense. We are doubling one, doubling well, doubling
Speaker 2: on effect these standards. So we're moving from.
Speaker 9: On the greenhouse gas base is one hundred and seventy
Speaker 9: one hundred and seventy two grams per one hundred and
Speaker 9: seventy two okay, confirmed grams per mile of driving to
Speaker 9: about seventy four grams per mile Okay. So it's a
Speaker 9: fifty seven percent reduction in the emissions over the as
Speaker 9: this ramps up for the vehicles in the country.
Speaker 2: So we look exactly at.
Speaker 9: That and what it does is it gives during a
Speaker 9: transition per it gives greater flexibility for the industry in
Speaker 9: terms of how they meet those reductions across those their fleets.
Speaker 9: All the while where we are very clearly incentivizing investment
Speaker 9: in low zero emission vehicle supply chain. So I won't
Speaker 9: list all the tax credits. Again, I won't list all
Speaker 9: the measures that are there, but it's very including the
Speaker 9: charging infrastructure others. Because we know where the auto industry
Speaker 9: is headed, we're going to support that transition, but we're
Speaker 9: reducing emissions while we get there.
Speaker 2: Thank you.
Speaker 13: Next question, question Kissam Checker with Turkish voice of Canada
Speaker 13: Prime Minister. Your ambitious in building Canada is strong. However,
Speaker 13: a weak growth in production and productivity is already a
Speaker 13: key driver of growing out flow of labor force, talents
Speaker 13: and wealth from Canada. How do you assist this exodus?
Speaker 13: Are you concerned? What measures are you considering to address it?
Speaker 2: Well, there's a number of measures.
Speaker 9: First, I I'm not sure I recognize part of your
Speaker 9: premise about the exodus, but let me get to the
Speaker 9: core point, which is, and you're absolutely right in the
Speaker 9: core issue for our country is to get productivity out
Speaker 9: and there's nowhere more important.
Speaker 2: This is I'm in a sector.
Speaker 9: We're literally in a sector that is constantly improving productivity,
Speaker 9: and now we see an opportunity for a step change
Speaker 9: in productivity and market share. Quite frankly for the Canadian
Speaker 9: auto sector, all aspects of the auto sector that will
Speaker 9: require large investment, and so so much of what we're
Speaker 9: doing today some of its consumer incentive, but the large
Speaker 9: amount of what we're doing today is to drive very
Speaker 9: large investment here in Canada. Everything from the three billion
Speaker 9: dollars in the Strategic Response Fund to those tax incentives
Speaker 9: and beyond that will help drive productivity.
Speaker 2: And I'm just going to link it back.
Speaker 9: I'll head it back to you to the general question
Speaker 9: on the questions on the environment and mission reduction. This
Speaker 9: government has a very strong view that lower emissions will
Speaker 9: be one of the drivers of competitiveness in the auto sector,
Speaker 9: in the manufacturing sector, in the energy sector. More broadly,
Speaker 9: that process of moving towards lower emissions will help drive productivity.
Speaker 9: So there's a congruence of what we're doing on emissions
Speaker 9: getting those results and productivity and growth and jobs for
Speaker 9: the economy.
Speaker 13: Oh, we question in the global shifting of balance of powers.
Speaker 13: Canada is turning towards middle powers, as I said in Dallas,
Speaker 13: for diversification. Do you see Turkey a specific country, a
Speaker 13: crucial NATO ally is a middle power which shared common
Speaker 13: ground for a new partnership. How do you assess potential cooperation,
Speaker 13: especially in defense and nuclear energy?
Speaker 9: Thank you for your question. The first let me reinforce
Speaker 9: a few things in it. One is Turkey is a
Speaker 9: vital partner in NATO, a vital partner in a very
Speaker 9: important and sometimes challenging part of the world.
Speaker 14: UH.
Speaker 2: In addition, UH, there is a tremendous opportunity and am
Speaker 2: uh Sema is here, uh madame A Khan is here.
Speaker 7: UH.
Speaker 9: And we have a series of opportunities to deepen our
Speaker 9: commercial relationships with Turkey. I've begun those conversations with President
Speaker 9: Erduwan UH in New York and UH and we intend
Speaker 9: to We intend to follow up that can include aspects
Speaker 9: of defense cooperation and UH and nuclear cooperation.
Speaker 2: As you suggest, but it spreads much more broadly.
Speaker 9: I'll just make the observation that since we're here, UH,
Speaker 9: Turkey is is is one of the leaders in manufacturing
Speaker 9: globally and including advanced manufacturing, and there's areas where we
Speaker 9: can we can partner without question.
Speaker 10: Next questions.
Speaker 15: Good voting Prime Minition Colin Demela from Global News. So
Speaker 15: the purchase incentives, as you mentioned, only apply to cut
Speaker 15: with a free trade agreement. Can you confirm that the
Speaker 15: forty nine thousand evs imported from China, those will not
Speaker 15: be eligible for the remain for the rebate? And isn't
Speaker 15: your expectation that provinces should match the federal incentive.
Speaker 9: First, the answer your first question is that is correct.
Speaker 9: They will not apply to the Chinese vehicles. It's not
Speaker 9: something we discussed with the Chinese arrangement. I will remind
Speaker 9: that under the agreement with China that forty nine thousand vehicles,
Speaker 9: very quickly they get to a position where half of
Speaker 9: those vehicles are priced at thirty five thousand or less.
Speaker 2: So you know the incentive. The incentive is in the price,
Speaker 2: if you will. That's first point.
Speaker 9: And then the second part of your with the provinces,
Speaker 9: we haven't discussed that specific aspect with the provinces. I'll
Speaker 9: leave it to the provinces to make those decisions. I
Speaker 9: will say, Minister Jolies help lead this. We have been
Speaker 9: as you would back, in very close constant discussions with
Speaker 9: the Province of Ontario. Many examples of that, including the
Speaker 9: auto strategy. Premier Ford and I have had a number
Speaker 9: of conversations about this package and it's consistent. Obviously Premier
Speaker 9: will speak for himself, but we are aligned both in
Speaker 9: the fundamental importance of this industry and the direction of
Speaker 9: the measures we're taking to build it even stronger.
Speaker 2: Okay, thank you.
Speaker 15: The US President has obviously said that he wants to
Speaker 15: move auto assembly to the United States, while Canada can
Speaker 15: continue to focus on parts. Your announcement today, if a
Speaker 15: tradable credit system seems to suggest that you are acutely
Speaker 15: concerned about the future of that sector, can Canada realistically
Speaker 15: come away from the Cosma review with the domestic auto
Speaker 15: assembly fully intact as it is today?
Speaker 9: Well, look, in an industry is dynamic, is autos, It's
Speaker 9: constantly being reinvented. There's changes, There's always changes in market
Speaker 9: share and investment and competitive and that's why that's the
Speaker 9: best companies adapt first thing. Secondly, as I say, our
Speaker 9: view is a zero TERRAF regime is the best solution
Speaker 9: for the United States very much for Canada. We work
Speaker 9: for Canada, but it's also the best solution for the
Speaker 9: United States. Uh in Mexico, we'll work hard for that.
Speaker 9: You're right, the President has made that. Uh, that's his
Speaker 9: current view and preference. In that event, we will. We're
Speaker 9: looking at this credible, tradable credit system that will further
Speaker 9: incentivize production here, which is the right thing to do
Speaker 9: in that in that world, but also the very large
Speaker 9: investments that we're talking about across the auto value chain
Speaker 9: that is going to make our industry world leading, regardless
Speaker 9: of the outcome with the United States.
Speaker 4: Next question, Barbara, I'm.
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Speaker 16: We'll have time from my last question, Barbara, Good morning,
Speaker 16: Prime Minister Barbara with politics. Premier Ford is not here
Speaker 16: with you today. Does that does that mean that he
Speaker 16: doesn't support the strategy?
Speaker 2: Right? Well, the Premier will speak for himself.
Speaker 7: Uh.
Speaker 9: The we spent We've been spending a lot of quality
Speaker 9: time together, the Premier and I recently, when it's at
Speaker 9: lunch or discussions at his at his at his home,
Speaker 9: on a number of issues, including very much this issue.
Speaker 9: In preparation for today's announcement, we spoke at length yesterday,
Speaker 9: the Premier and I. We saw each other the day before.
Speaker 9: A lot of time for the Premier, but you know,
Speaker 9: there's only so much time I want to spend with
Speaker 9: the Premier miluntaria, No, just kidding.
Speaker 2: It's.
Speaker 9: Uh premium speak for himself. We're very aligned on these measures.
Speaker 9: This is a good look. I'll finish where I started.
Speaker 9: This is a great day. This is a great day.
Speaker 9: This is what a confident country does, with a confident company.
Speaker 9: With confident Where's Flavio the Vance manufacturer? There is hiding
Speaker 9: in playing sight, Advance manufacturer producing the Arrow two point zero,
Speaker 9: all Canadian parts, pointing to the future. We're celebrating the
Speaker 9: founder's birthday. We're moving forward, Premier forward, the Government.
Speaker 2: Of Canada in all our companies. I guess you have
Speaker 2: a follow up?
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Speaker 16: Even with former government policies, it was uncertain that Canada
Speaker 16: would hit its emission reduction targets. What would you say
Speaker 16: to canadience who might think there's no way this more
Speaker 16: gentle approach is going to deliver those emission reductions.
Speaker 9: Well, the first thing is that in terms of our
Speaker 9: overall climate policy, as I say, in the coming weeks,
Speaker 9: we'll be releasing our climate competitiveness strategy, so we'll have
Speaker 9: more to say at that point. The second is, this
Speaker 9: is a government that is relentlessly focused on results, relentlessly
Speaker 9: focused on the types of investments that are going to reduce,
Speaker 9: reduce emissions and great jobs make the country more competitive.
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Speaker 14: Thank you, Good afternoon, folks. My name is b brask
Speaker 14: and I'm the President of the Canadian Labor Congress. I'm
Speaker 14: joined to by the leadership of Canada's unions. Together we
Speaker 14: represent well over three million workers and every sector of
Speaker 14: Canada's economy. Today we are holding our Canadian Council Meeting,
Speaker 14: a meeting where all heads of unions come together to
Speaker 14: strategize the work ahead. A top of mind for us
Speaker 14: issue right now is the massive job losses that Canada's
Speaker 14: workers are experiencing right across the country. Trump's trade war
Speaker 14: is targeting key sectors of our economy, leading to significant
Speaker 14: job losses, and at the same time, we see governments
Speaker 14: tightening their belts and cutting jobs. Despite the country's need
Speaker 14: for stronger public services. We are here today to call
Speaker 14: for a worker first, comprehensive economic strategy to protect and
Speaker 14: create good union jobs across Canada. I will call on
Speaker 14: a number of labor leaders to speak on the issues
Speaker 14: facing their members in their sectors across the country. Firstly,
Speaker 14: we will hear from the National President of Uniforic Latta Pane.
Speaker 17: I'm a little bit taller. Good afternoon everyone, and first
Speaker 17: a big thank you to be and the Canadian Labor
Speaker 17: Congress for this invitation. It's really great to be here.
Speaker 17: I'm here today on behalf of three hundred and twenty
Speaker 17: thousand uniform members, one third of whom work in trade
Speaker 17: exposed areas of the economy. This includes manufacturing auto assembly
Speaker 17: and parts plants in Ontario, heavy duty truck and bus
Speaker 17: plants in Quebec and Manitoba. It includes aluminum smelters and
Speaker 17: fabrication plants in Quebec and British Columbia. It includes workers
Speaker 17: who make lumber and wood products at sawmills and pulp
Speaker 17: and paper mills and furniture factories from Atlantic Canada to
Speaker 17: British Columbia. It also includes aerospace, aircraft and component arts
Speaker 17: plants in Halifax and Montreal and Toronto and Winnipeg and
Speaker 17: Abbertsford and everywhere in between. Each of these workplaces represent
Speaker 17: the manufacturing backbone of local communities and our entire country,
Speaker 17: a manufacturing backbone coupled with rich resources in energy and
Speaker 17: minerals so that we can actually build things here in Canada.
Speaker 4: Canada is a.
Speaker 17: Nation of builders and skilled workers, the best, the very
Speaker 17: best at what they do, standing on the shoulders of
Speaker 17: the workers who came before them, who waged big fights
Speaker 17: for economic and social justice through their unions, through these unions,
Speaker 17: and who go to work every single day to build
Speaker 17: the things we need right here at home. But right now,
Speaker 17: all of that is under threat. Spent more than a
Speaker 17: year sharing this message to anyone who will listen. To date,
Speaker 17: literally thousands of Uniform members have lost their jobs or
Speaker 17: have had their plants, mills, and factories idled in the
Speaker 17: forestry sector, in the auto sector, and last week more
Speaker 17: threats to the workers we represent in the aerospace sector.
Speaker 17: They are the front lines of this trade war. They
Speaker 17: are fighting every single day to protect their jobs, their plants,
Speaker 17: their communities, and yes, the industrial economy of this country.
Speaker 17: Losing manufacturing in Canada means losing the very capacity to
Speaker 17: build strong and a strong Canadian economy of our own,
Speaker 17: and that's not something that our Union is willing to seed.
Speaker 17: Donald Trump says very clearly that he doesn't need the
Speaker 17: things that Canada makes. We know the difference, We know
Speaker 17: the difference. He needs our aluminum to build things, he
Speaker 17: needs our potash to grow things, He needs our energy
Speaker 17: and so much more. He surely needs Canadians to keep
Speaker 17: buying American products. We are, after all, their number one
Speaker 17: export market. And make no mistake, his economic plan is
Speaker 17: devastating for Canadian workers and for our economy, but for
Speaker 17: his too. Workers on both sides of the border are
Speaker 17: paying the price. The US manufacturing base right now is
Speaker 17: shrinking under the weight of his tariffs. I want to
Speaker 17: be very clear. It was important that Canada did not
Speaker 17: sign a bad trade deal with the United States last year,
Speaker 17: as other countries did. It was important to understand that
Speaker 17: this time tariffs would have consequences on the US economy,
Speaker 17: and we are now starting to see that. But that
Speaker 17: does not change the fact that we also need a
Speaker 17: durable resolve to this trade dispute, whether that comes through
Speaker 17: a renegotiation of KUSMA or not. A true resolution can
Speaker 17: only come from unity and solidarity across the political divide
Speaker 17: across this country, across our labor movement, across sectors, and
Speaker 17: across workplaces. It is perhaps not a surprise to us
Speaker 17: as trade unionists that a resolution will always come from
Speaker 17: a place of solidarity and not division. That is why
Speaker 17: we are all standing here today. Public and private sector
Speaker 17: workers unite it for a strong and resilient Canadian economy. Recently,
Speaker 17: Prime Minister Kearney defended Canada on the world stage.
Speaker 2: He spoke out on the.
Speaker 17: State of the geopolitics of our world and called on
Speaker 17: world leaders to seize the appeasement of the US President
Speaker 17: and to start working together in common interest. We agree
Speaker 17: with the Prime Minister. We need countries to come together
Speaker 17: and push back against the United States because the task
Speaker 17: ahead is immense. Immense in the face of financial crisis.
Speaker 17: I want to be very clear. In the face of
Speaker 17: financial crisis, the answer is not austerity and cuts to
Speaker 17: critical jobs and services. In the face of industrial crisis
Speaker 17: and job loss, the answer is not so more so
Speaker 17: called free trade deals that leave workers behind. In the
Speaker 17: face of turmoil, our governments and elect representatives can choose
Speaker 17: old ways or create a new world order, one with
Speaker 17: workers at the center of it. Canada can meet this moment.
Speaker 17: I truly believe that we can. We must develop strong,
Speaker 17: meaningful industrial strategies with workers at the table. We can
Speaker 17: take actions against companies that move their businesses out of
Speaker 17: our country. And yes, we can very clearly demand that
Speaker 17: if corporations are going to sell their products in Canada,
Speaker 17: then they must build here as well. We can build
Speaker 17: the things we need here at home, like public transit
Speaker 17: and so much more while creating good union Canadian jobs.
Speaker 17: We can reconcile the needs of working people today with
Speaker 17: a vision for a strong, resilient, competitive, and carer Canada
Speaker 17: on a constantly changing world stage. All of that is possible.
Speaker 17: This is the Canada that we believe in. This is
Speaker 17: the Canada that we are going to continue to fight
Speaker 17: for on behalf of uniform members. Thank you very much
Speaker 17: and solidarity.
Speaker 14: I would now like to invite Mark Hancock, the National
Speaker 14: President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
Speaker 2: Good afternoon.
Speaker 19: My name is Mark Hancock, and I'm the National president
Speaker 19: of QP, representing over eight hundred thousand members all across
Speaker 19: this country from coast to coast to coast is my
Speaker 19: absolute honor to join friends from across the labor movement
Speaker 19: representing millions of workers across Canada. We're calling for a
Speaker 19: worker focused and the people centered response to the United
Speaker 19: States causing the turmoil and chaos in our world order
Speaker 19: these days. We really need governments that at every level
Speaker 19: to stop pretending that the market alone will fix this crisis.
Speaker 2: It won't.
Speaker 19: The CEOs on Bay Straight are happy to keep bowing
Speaker 19: down to American fascism as long as the profits keep
Speaker 19: rolling in. The challenges that we face is to preserve
Speaker 19: a Canada worth living in. Let's be clear about what
Speaker 19: that means and what's at stake. American corporate interests, backed
Speaker 19: by an increasingly aggressive imperial approach to trade, see Canada's
Speaker 19: public services and natural resources as untapped markets. They want
Speaker 19: to privatize our healthcare. They want to siphon off our
Speaker 19: water and run roughshod over indigenous indigenous rights and title.
Speaker 19: They want to extract profit from services that Canadians built
Speaker 19: together with our labor and with our collective resources. They
Speaker 19: want to us of the very things that make up
Speaker 19: our national identity and the lifeblood of our communities. I'm
Speaker 19: here to take today to tell you that that just
Speaker 19: isn't going to happen. Our public services are not bargainingships.
Speaker 19: Our water, our healthcare, our infrastructure, and our natural resources.
Speaker 19: Our public goods not the opportunities for corporations to pillage
Speaker 19: and loot. We all heard the Prime Minister speech in Switzerland,
Speaker 19: and he named some hard truths about the times that
Speaker 19: we're living in. One that stood out to me in
Speaker 19: particular was his call to rely not just on our values,
Speaker 19: but on the things that make us strong. And a
Speaker 19: country as diverse and as expansive as Canada, our public
Speaker 19: services and our social safety net are precisely what make
Speaker 19: us strong. Knowing a trip to the hospital isn't going
Speaker 19: to bankrupt a family makes us strong. Knowing our public
Speaker 19: pension system will keep our parents and our grandparents from
Speaker 19: falling into poverty as they age makes us strong. Keeping
Speaker 19: Canada strong and these shaky times means defending the bedrock
Speaker 19: institutions that make us who we are, not abandoning them.
Speaker 19: It means public investment that strengthens communities, not corporate subsidies
Speaker 19: with no strings attached that leave working people high and
Speaker 19: dry once the gold rush ends. It also means standing
Speaker 19: up for human rights consistently. Trade should reflect our values,
Speaker 19: not undermine them. And finally, keeping Canada strong means defending
Speaker 19: our sovereignty. Real sovereignty isn't about slogans or flag waving.
Speaker 19: It's about having the democratic power to decide our own future,
Speaker 19: to protect public services, regulating in the public interest, and
Speaker 19: to build an economy that works for people. Workers, build
Speaker 19: this country, public services or what holds it together. And
Speaker 19: neither of those things are for sale.
Speaker 2: Thank you.
Speaker 18: We are here today to send a clear message to
Speaker 18: Prime Minister Mark Kearney if he meant that what he
Speaker 18: said in Davos that Canada cannot buy a single F
Speaker 18: thirty five. We do not come to this decision lightly.
Speaker 18: We know the decision on the Royal Canadian Air Force's
Speaker 18: next fighter jet has been mishandled by successive Liberal and
Speaker 18: Conservative governments for decades. Fighter jets are just one piece
Speaker 18: of no Red modernization. As we jointly expand no rad's capabilities,
Speaker 18: it is important that, more than ever, that Canada makes
Speaker 18: a clear decision on our fighter jet.
Speaker 2: To ensure all.
Speaker 18: Capabilities are covered, I need to replace our agent fleet
Speaker 18: is urgent. Air Force personnel deserve better, and I'll say
Speaker 18: at this point that I do thank the Air Force
Speaker 18: personnel for their service, especially in these uncertain times. Canada's
Speaker 18: borders and sovereignty of our airspace are currently being openly
Speaker 18: questioned by Donald Trump. Trump is the only leader to
Speaker 18: threaten seizure of another NATO ally, Greenland, and I must
Speaker 18: say with my constituents with the writing of Nunavut, our
Speaker 18: proximity to Greenland makes this a particularly important issue, given that,
Speaker 18: for example, Greasefieord is only twenty six kilometers to Greenland.
Speaker 18: In response to Trump's attacks on our sovereignty, Mark Karney
Speaker 18: has promised to make Canada less reliant on the states.
Speaker 18: We are urging and engaging in one of the single
Speaker 18: largest expansion of the Canadian budget in our history. New
Speaker 18: Democrats have always opposed Canada's participation in the Joint Strike
Speaker 18: Fighter Program and the procurement of F thirty fives. Under
Speaker 18: this program, all spare parts and software is controlled and
Speaker 18: managed by the US government. Militaries that use F thirty
Speaker 18: fives do not have the right to manage their own maintenance,
Speaker 18: directly purchase spare parts, or manage the software under this program.
Speaker 18: Spare parts stored within our borders are still owned by
Speaker 18: the United States. The proposed fleet of F thirty fives
Speaker 18: will be serviced beyond If we let this deal go through,
Speaker 18: the United States will leave an effective veto over our
Speaker 18: fighter jets. They will always have the decision decision to
Speaker 18: cut off supply and critical software updates. One of the
Speaker 18: costs to our participation in the Joint Strike Fighter program
Speaker 18: is citing our sovereignty over procurement policies. We have allowed
Speaker 18: a carve out of the Joint Strike Fighter Program for
Speaker 18: procurement rules. Like our industrial and technology benefits, we have
Speaker 18: exempt them from our procurement strategy for Indigenous businesses, which
Speaker 18: requires five percent of contract value that goes should go
Speaker 18: to indigenous businesses. This is why Canada cannot move forward
Speaker 18: with the procurement of F thirty fives. A eight, not sixteen,
Speaker 18: not one. New Democrats are calling on Mark Karney to
Speaker 18: cancel the F thirty five order immediately and instead partner
Speaker 18: with SAAB to manufacture their Grippin jets to defend the Arctic.
Speaker 18: In partnership with like minded ally countries. I turned out
Speaker 18: that Mike to don our interim leader who will speak
Speaker 18: to more other topic areas in this matter, Queennamy.
Speaker 2: Thank you Lourie.
Speaker 20: This session, the NDP Caucus committed to focusing our attention
Speaker 20: this Parliament on Canada's economy, on Canada's sovereignty, and on
Speaker 20: the security of Canadians. That's why today New Democrats are
Speaker 20: calling on the Government of Canada to terminate the F
Speaker 20: thirty five contract and move swiftly to negotiate an agreement
Speaker 20: with SOB to purchase eighty eight Grippin aircraft. At a
Speaker 20: time when the Trump administration is threatening our sovereignty, attacking
Speaker 20: Canadian workers, increasing tariffs on our industries, and interfering in
Speaker 20: our domestic and foreign policies, going through with any F
Speaker 20: thirty five orders is simply unacceptable. To proceed with purchasing
Speaker 20: F thirty fives in the face of mister Trump's aggression
Speaker 20: is fraught with risk, economically damaging to Canada, and contrary
Speaker 20: to the Carney government's own expressed policies. It's clear that
Speaker 20: the F thirty five's economic benefits to Canada are nowhere
Speaker 20: near proportional to the cost of the program, which has
Speaker 20: already exploded fifty percent over budget. Research indicates that the
Speaker 20: vast majority over seventy percent of F thirty five production
Speaker 20: value will remain within the United States. This aligns with
Speaker 20: comments from liberal Industry Minister Melanie Jolie, who has admitted
Speaker 20: that Canada was short changed on industrial benefits from the
Speaker 20: F thirty five contract. It runs counter to Prime Minister
Speaker 20: Carney's stated goal of retaining more industrial value and jobs
Speaker 20: in Canada from defense procurement. We know that President Trump
Speaker 20: has consistently attacked Canadian workers in the aerospace sector and others,
Speaker 20: and repeatedly uses economic blackmail to force Canada to agree
Speaker 20: to his policy demands. Just days ago, he threatened to
Speaker 20: decertify all Canadian made aircraft, singling out Bombardier Global Express
Speaker 20: jets specifically, and impose a fifty percent tariff on any
Speaker 20: and all aircraft sold into the United States. This is
Speaker 20: the context in which he asks us to consider purchasing
Speaker 20: what is the most important aircraft air defense, a tool
Speaker 20: that Canada is going to need. In contrast, SAB's proposal
Speaker 20: offers a path forward that both meets Canada's defense needs
Speaker 20: and strengthens our manufacturing capacity. SAB would create over twelve
Speaker 20: thousand jobs by setting up Canadian production lines for the
Speaker 20: Grip and Fighter and Global Eye surveillance aircraft to supply
Speaker 20: our Royal Canadian Air Force and export markets. So mister
Speaker 20: Trump wants to take jobs out of Canada while Sweden
Speaker 20: seeks to locate them here. Trump would use our dependence
Speaker 20: to force policy agreement, where Sweden has no such intent.
Speaker 20: In Davos, Prime Minister Carney stated we are in the
Speaker 20: midst of a rupture, not a disruption. He said that
Speaker 20: the old world order, where superpowers could be trusted to
Speaker 20: protect us and respect rules, is gone. He called on
Speaker 20: middle powers to unite against great power rivalry and economic intimidation.
Speaker 20: And he reminded the world that nostalgia is not a
Speaker 20: strategy and that we must build what we claim to
Speaker 20: believe in rather than waiting for the old order to
Speaker 20: be restored. So the bottom line is that purchasing F
Speaker 20: thirty five's from the United States will deepen our military
Speaker 20: integration with a super power, not reduce it. Canada will
Speaker 20: become more vulnerable to American policy pressure, who can threaten
Speaker 20: to withhold software and spare parts, as Lori has already indicated,
Speaker 20: and we will be intentionally and unnecessarily sending Canadian procurement
Speaker 20: dollars and jobs to the United States instead of that
Speaker 20: using that money to create those jobs here. As a
Speaker 20: firm based in Sweden, a dependable NATO partner, SAB provides
Speaker 20: Canada with a stable, predictable source of defense cooperation two
Speaker 20: middle powers, fulfilling mister Carney's stated goals. If the Prime
Speaker 20: Minister meant what he said, then his actions must match
Speaker 20: his words. If he proceeds with the F thirty five contract,
Speaker 20: it will prove his speech in Davos was nothing but
Speaker 20: a public relations exit. So today New Democrats call on
Speaker 20: the federal government to immediately move forward with the SOB
Speaker 20: grip and proposal and defend Canadian jobs, strengthen our aerospace industry,
Speaker 20: properly equip our air force, and protect Canada's sovereignty. Thank
Speaker 20: you very much, and I look forward to any questions.
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