Comments on: Special auto adviser to Harper resigns.

By: Honda Civic Motor Show Animation

Honda Civic Motor Show Animation — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:58:05 +0000

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By: Jymn

Jymn — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:32:06 +0000

Harper’s legacy. “Does not play well others”.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:59:59 +0000

Harper might be better off without an advisor who champions a bailout for the Big Three. Handing out billions to lethargic and mismanaged companies does nothing improve competitiveness and protect Canadian jobs in the long run.

But that doesn’t mean government should sit on its hands. In fact, government needs to invest much more, but do it in a much smarter way. There is an alternative to bailout or bankruptcy and it involves giving all Canadian manufacturers a chance to compete for government investment.

You can read more about this idea here: http://www.purplesoapbox.ca/?p=585.

By: janfromthebruce

janfromthebruce — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:23:15 +0000

Perhaps the problem is related to the obvious fact that Arnett wasn’t an leading “auto czar.” Arnett was a former president and CEO of Molson Inc., a beer company. When one starts treating “all widgets” as the same and just productive units of exchange, one gets the sense that any kind of automotive expertise is irrelevant to the bottom-line.

Any kind of bailout of US owned companies has to have job and production in Canada guarantees – a good jobs. The last time McGuinty bailed out the automaker, they took the money and ran out. That sure was a crappy deal for us taxpayers in Ontario. What are we doing wasting our hard-earned money going South of the border with nothing to show for it Ontario except a pink slip.
When we had the autopact, we ensured that our made in Canada product was made by our CAW workers and kept jobs here.