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..the article never mentions one word about the CAW (Canadian Auto Workers Union) which WILL get their slimy fingers into the pot!

...if Toyota is getting into Canada minus the auto union you can bet your paycheck that the CAW is going to drop down like a 500 Lb. monkey on their back in the not too distant future.

Toyota already operates a plant in Cambridge,Ont about 30 miles east of Woodstock.

Dec.12, 1986 Toyota announces it will build a plant in Cambridge, ON
Nov. 30, 1988 First car rolls off the line (Still on display in the Visitor Centre!)
Aug.13, 1992 Test Track Opens
Jan.13, 1998 Visitor Centre Opens
Sept. 22, 1999 TMMC manufactures its one-millionth vehicle

The TMMC plant is on 400 acres and is more than 3 million square feet under one roof
TMMC has won numerous national and international quality awards, including seven J.D.Power & Associates Plant Quality Awards
TMMC manufactures approx.900 vehicles per day
TMMC is the only Toyota plant outside of Japan to produce the Lexus RX 330 SUV

Re:CAW

They have tried and failed to 'organize' Toyota's workers.
CAW Targets Toyota Employees (3/13/2005)
Toyota resists union effort April 8, 2005

The CAW tried to organize the Cambridge plant in 2001 but ultimately halted its effort after an adverse ruling from the labor board. Since the last vote, though, the government of Ontario has changed hands, passing from the control of the anti-union conservatives to a liberal government that in some measure depends on the continuing support of organized labor.

...as I said, here comes the 500 pound monkey.......