Canada's Auto Industry in Peril as Stellantis Closes Shop
Ezra calls Ford's "grief and rage" over Stellantis' exit a "performance."
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Tonight on The Ezra Levant Show, Stellantis abandons Canada for greener pastures south of the border.
Ezra Levant expresses deep concern over the exodus of Canada's auto industry, particularly Stellantis, to the United States. He highlights the significant investment of Canadian taxpayer money (an estimated $52 billion from both federal and Ontario governments) into electric vehicle battery development, questioning the efficacy of such subsidies.
Ezra criticizes this "corporate welfare," arguing that the market itself doesn't support these ventures if such massive subsidies are required.
He then criticizes Canadian leaders, including Ford, Trudeau, and Carney, for inadequately negotiating with Stellantis, which received significant Canadian funds but is moving hundreds of jobs to the U.S., partly due to potential Trump tariffs.
Doug Ford's "grief and rage" over Stellantis' departure is noted, though Ezra suggests it's merely a "performance." He questions the effectiveness of figures like Melanie Joly in high-level negotiations, suggesting her role is largely symbolic.
Ezra questions whether companies would invest in Ontario or the U.S., arguing the U.S. offers a better economic future due to Trump's "build them in America" policy. He believes Canada's economy, with "out of control spending and taxes and out of control social problems and crime," is unfavorable for business.
The White House highlighted Stellantis' $13 billion U.S. investment, creating 5,000 jobs and five new vehicle productions, contrasting it with Canada's grant recovery debate. Ezra believes Canada can't directly compete economically with the U.S.
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COMMENTS
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Robert Cull commented 2025-10-16 13:55:43 -0400Good government practices would not have to “subsidize” with 52 million if the product was in demand, subsidizing is “social manipulation” and is usually a sign of corruption and failure. If we were such a good place to invest, companies would swarm here without being subsidized. Canada’s opportunity lies in supplying raw materials and in at least some cases, processing them to more valuable products, but we don’t want to do that, we would rather leave them where they are and run up huge debt. And, you can’t just grow an economy be increasing population. Where is that going to lead? -
Bernhard Jatzeck commented 2025-10-16 09:33:15 -0400It’s not just the employees in those plants that’ll be affected. Janitorial companies, stationery stores, and lunch trucks are going to lose business. But, I doubt that the “elbows up” mob will worry. Most of them are white collar retirees and, so long as their pensions are safe, who cares?
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Robyne McBride commented 2025-10-16 06:18:20 -0400Stellantis dropped some EU manufacturing as well. EU is refusing to drop the push for EV mandates. It is not sustainable. Canada has the same stance, also losing manufacturing jobs. They can blame Trump – because he is doing what is good for the US. Carney is all in with WEF and their push for agenda 2030. Reality is, it’s impossible. The top 0.3% (not the 1% any more) have 99% of the money. These policies are to keep the flood of money going into their pockets. They put on these shows of outrage to placate the people. We are not all as blind as they’d like.
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Lance Humphries commented 2025-10-16 01:58:53 -0400Why did you include the removal of Bashar al-Assad as come kind of improvement? He ran Syria as a secular country. When young women started showing up at university (the simple fact they attend uni tells you something right out of the starting gate) Bashar freaked out and moved quickly to ban them. He then had a law just like Quebec’s where staff had to work in a back office if they insisted on wearing one. When ousted, the new leader started slaughtering Christians, Alwaites and Druze. https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0720/Veil-ban-Why-Syria-joins-Europe-in-barring-the-niqab
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Bruce Atchison commented 2025-10-15 22:02:02 -0400The only way to fix Canada is to get rid of the Marx Carnage Liberals. Poilievre isn’t perfect but he’s way better than the hard left lunatics running our federal Government.
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Paul Scofield commented 2025-10-15 20:52:45 -0400If it were me, I’d dispatch Danielle Smith to Washington to talk with Trump directly to see how the U.S. and, at least, the Canadian West (I know, you all call it Western Canada) can get things back to status quo ante. This might involve Alberta oil going to the U.S. via The Keystone Excel Pipeline — at reasonable market rates for Canada, getting beefed up border security, interdiction of drugs and a squashing of cartel drug manufacturing in Western Canada, in exchange for the elimination of most imposed tarrifs on goods from the west. Not so sure what can be done about relations between eastern Canada and America. Probably not much for the present. Carney’s political posturing and Ford’s big mouth have badly burnt that bridge. FWIW.
