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Planned Equinox Move to Mexico Brings Anti-NAFTA comments

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John Goreham

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1-30-2017

The older Equinox was manufactured in Canada at GM's CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ontario (roughly 80 miles from Detroit, Cleveland, and Buffalo). That plant will see a layoff of about 625 jobs as the all-new Equinox begins production in Mexico. What we found interesting in a Detroit Free Press news story updating the already announced news were the comments from the labor union, Unifor, that represents the Candian auto workers at GM.

 

Jerry Dias, the President of Unifor, said, "The CAMI announcement is a shining example of everything wrong with NAFTA, it must be re-negotiated. It is imperative that we have trade rules that help ensure good jobs in Canada." Dias says that the Equinox' move "Reeks of corporate greed" and is due to a lower labor cost in Mexico compared to Canada.

 

Add Canadian workers and their union representatives to those that think NAFTA no longer works for North America.

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NAFTA is a one way street for the most part. Mexico exports tons of cars and trucks to the US and they buy comparatively little in return. This deal should only ever have been the US and Canada. You can't write equal trade deals with 3rd world countries. Same goes for China.

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The standard of living between us in Canada and those in the US is pretty much the same. I'm sure the parking lots @ the automaker's (all makes) plants in Mexico are just full of new vehicles owned by the workers.

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