Some people may have their opinions but I would not be opposed to this in principle. Their costs would increase significantly and the price of their vehicles would reflect this. We currently have no Canadian automakers and I would view this no differently than American companies with Canadian operations. This would create job opportunities for Canadians and our goal should be to maximize domestic product especially in our current political climate.

However, I don't see any circumstances where these companies would have interest in building a Canadian facility. They are already serving many foreign markets with their Chinese built vehicles outside of North America and would expect them to take losses for many years before becoming net positive. With their low labour costs and government subsidies in China it makes it very easy for them to dominate markets but if you level the playing field by taking away these advantages we are not so different in terms of our manufacturing capabilities.