On Monday, Toyota said it will build a new US$3.6B plant in San Antonio, Texas, and move some production of its Tacoma pickup truck out of its Mexico plant over a four-year period.
In some ways I don’t blame the companies. That is the business game. However another side of that is that when a company leaves, another company can replace it. It creates opportunity for new Canadian companies to be started. As Canadians, we need to be aware of the companies that leave, stop doing any business with them, build and support new Canadian companies and if that doesn’t happen, buy from China or Europe or South America. Yes it will cost Canadian consumers more in the short term but buying from Americans enslaves us over the long term. We have to cut our ties. NAFTA wasn’t a boon for Canada, it was a boon for the US. We can choose to support Canada by not buying American.
In some ways I don’t blame the companies. That is the business game. However another side of that is that when a company leaves, another company can replace it. It creates opportunity for new Canadian companies to be started. As Canadians, we need to be aware of the companies that leave, stop doing any business with them, build and support new Canadian companies and if that doesn’t happen, buy from China or Europe or South America. Yes it will cost Canadian consumers more in the short term but buying from Americans enslaves us over the long term. We have to cut our ties. NAFTA wasn’t a boon for Canada, it was a boon for the US. We can choose to support Canada by not buying American.