The blockade at Windsor has already cost the auto sector about $1-billion, estimates Flavio Volpe, president of Canada’s Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association. What’s potentially more worrying is that the demonstration and the response from police and government to resolve it could jeopardize future investment in the country’s auto sector.
In the near term, auto makers that had to shorten hours for workers should be able to resume regular shifts within days of the bridge reopening at full capacity, said Shane Wark, assistant to the national president at Unifor, the union that represents some 38,000 Canadians in the automotive sector. “Because of the just-in-time nature of the supply chain, when [traffic] stopped, it shut the plants down fairly quickly,” he said. “The reverse is likely going to be true.
“It’s bad for our reputation,” said Dennis Darby, CEO of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, especially when the U.S. government is focused. To restore confidence, he said, Canadian governments need to ensure there are regulations and systems in place to keep critical trade infrastructure open. Packers and processors have been unable to ship product in some cases, while struggling to find storage capacity and refrigerated containers. “From a day-to-day basis, it’s just very, very difficult to plan,” Mr. White said.chambers of commerce and trade boards signed an open letter urging officials to bring an end to blockades at the border and voicing concern that Canada could suffer damage to its reputation.
I am more concerned about the corrupt reputation of our prime minister.
And the whole 'shut down Canada' campaign heck in 2020 didn't?
Wouldn't it be 'awful' if this were to get RETWEETED over and over again? 😈😈😈 The Belleville FluTruxKlan will get the same greeting as in Ottawa, Kingston and elsewhere.
Undoubtedly it has. If we can't be relied upon to maintain cross border supply chains why would anyone do business here?
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Pretty pathetic this is happening…
Trudeau had already done a pretty decent job of that, let’s not blame the protestors for this government’s incompetence.
Perhaps the biggest concern should be that this blockade just gave the U.S. a reason to move production from their Canadian plants south of the border. If Republicans take back power of Congress or White House (especially withTrump) then this'll most definetely be on their agenda
Must be bad...like when trudeau sold the C series for $1 after foreign pressure...goodbye aerospace industry
Those dummy truck drivers don't care ..don't even. Think about ! Easily led to fo anyone's bidding !
ottawa mayor signed an agreement with these right wingers...that will not node well either