Posted on 10/15/2025 7:28:20 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The leader of Canada’s most populous province called for economic retaliation on the U.S. after auto company Stellantis said it was moving planned production of its Jeep Compass from Canada to the U.S.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford blamed U.S. President Donald Trump for the company’s decision this week to shift production of the SUV from Brampton, Ontario, to Illinois as part of plan to invest $13 billion to expand its manufacturing capacity in the United States.
The comments come as Canada is negotiating to reduce tariffs. Trump has been urging the Big 3 American automakers to move production to the U.S.
“That guy, President Trump, he’s a real piece of work,” Ford said. “I’m sick and tired of rolling over. We need to fight back.”
Ford said Canada needs to hit back with tariffs if Prime Minister Mark Carney can’t reach a trade deal with Trump. …
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The mouthy brother of the doper drunk.
The idiot needs to blame Ottawa not Trump. They have made a hostile business climate while Trump is doing to opposite
Elbows up yours, Doug.
Doug, Carney can easily stop this move by reaching a deal with the USA for both countries to drop all tariffs on all goods ... but seems Carney has decided to FA, and now canaeda is FOing ...
Fat, ugly and stupid is no way to go through life, ‘Thug’ Ford. One can be easily cured. The second may be ‘cured’ with costly surgery. The last however, is permanent. Time to consider MAiD, ‘Thug’.
It’s Doug Ford’s job to give Stellantis a reason to stay.
Obviously he didn’t do that.
It doesn’t help to blame your failings on someone else.
Hey Doug, take off, hoser.
That is great news for northern Illinois. Has Pritzker taken credit for it yet?
I hear Tata Motors is looking for a foothold in Canada, Doug. Or maybe one of the Chicom companies.
Beauty.
I hope he is talking about the Chrysler plant in Belvidere, Rockford needs that plant open.
Grow up in a border town, we’ve got lots of names for Canadians:
Hose heads
Hosers
Mush heads
Loonies
Snow Mexicans
Snowbacks
Tim-bits
Zamboni drivers
CC
GM, Ford and Tesla?
Stellantis is Fiat + Peugeot and based in Holland. At the time of the merger, the two biggest stockholders were the Agnelli family (Fiat) and the Peugeot family. Robert Peugeot is Vice Chairman of the company.
AVERAGE COST OF A NEW CAR JUST HIT $50,000.
NO ONE CAN AFFORD ONE-—NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE “MADE”.
Elbows up. Lol.
Kinda of playing both sides isn’t Trump? On one hand give Hollywood a lick of hope while pumping taxpayer money into their replacement..A.I.
Don’t forget “Newfies”, as in “How many Newfies does it take to change a light bulb”?
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