Canadian Auto Workers president Buzz Hargrove is the kind of guy you’re not sure you want to to have as a friend as you get the feeling he would blame you for all the problems occurring in his life.. Indeed He wants the Canadian prime minister to make a public statement saying Canada will no longer allow car imports from Japan and South Korea unless they open their markets to North American vehicles. Why don’t American car maker make proper car for a try that people want to buy for once?
“I’m very fearful. Every month when I look at the numbers, the market share losses just keep growing. [For] Ford and GM I think there’s only one scenario if you don’t stem the market share losses,” he said, following a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa. He blamed the number of imports from Asia and Europe that far exceed the number of vehicles shipped there from Canada.
The reality is that the cars the Canadian factories build are not designed for European and Asian roads. Too large and too thirsty, the American cars also suffer from a poor build quality, a poor reliability and a poor ride, except for a few models which meet a certain success on our shores.
The Canadian Auto Workers also wants the Prime Minister to help persuade the United States to take the same action in a new North American auto pact. Sometimes, utopia is a nice refuge.
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