“I want to blame the Liberals for Honda cancelling their EV plant. I say this is because of bad Liberal policies. I think their EV rebates and CUSMA failures are causing this problem. Why should auto workers suffer for this?”
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Automotive Industry
A debate on the automotive industry, where the Conservatives criticized the government's EV policies and accused them of selling out to China, while the Liberals defended their support for the auto sector. The discussion focused on a Honda plant cancellation.
“I don't want to talk about Honda's decision. I want to talk about how many cars Alliston has made. I want to say we are investing and helping the industry. I want to talk more about investments in my next answer.”
“You are killing auto jobs in Canada. You are helping China instead. Admit that you are choosing China over Canadians.”
“Look what the government spending bought us! A whole list of programs and announcements and factories. The boss of an auto lobby group even said our EV rebates are good. So many reasons taxpayers should be excited to spend more on what I want.”
“You're helping China. You're letting them sell EVs here that spy on us. You called China a threat but now you're buying their cars. Bad. Stop helping China hurt us.”
“You're wrong to attack our plan. We're spending lots of money on this. Our allies say spending money is good. Taxpayers must help industries in a trade war.”