Gerry Fedchun, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association , has over 400 members which account for ninety percent of independent parts production in Canada. In 2001, automotive parts sales were $33 Billion and the industry employed 98,000 people.
Some freaking Canadian!
Exactly! He's not the one to go for for an unbiased opinion of why automakers should not go to the south where the workers are non-union and inexpensive is he? Nor should anyone accept what he says as an indication of anything Toyota executives may be thinking. His job is to gain work in Canada and if that means making stuff up about southern workers -- then so be it. But what he says IS NOT in any way, shape, or form, something that Toyota executives have said.
So what? He's blowing smoke out his ass by insulting Americans. Your prime minister can make the same claim and it would mean NOTHING to me.
He could have bragged about bagging the new plant by justing claiming to be a good match for Toyota, but no, he has to insult Americans, Southerers mainly. He is $hit to me!