In the past few years, a measurable downturn in
Canadian manufacturing jobs has lent credence to the suspicion that increased FDI has a negative impact on employment at home.
If
Canadian manufacturing jobs were moving en masse to the United States, you would expect that traditional U.S. manufacturing areas would be doing well.
Canadian manufacturing jobs have been in steady decline for years.
Not exact matches
Casper is also establishing a
Canadian headquarters in Toronto and will begin
manufacturing some of its products in Canada, creating an estimated 75 new
jobs across the country.
For many
Canadians, a clean energy
job probably conjures up images of working in an engineering lab,
manufacturing solar panels, or assembling a wind turbine.
Forty - seven per cent of respondents said Canada is more likely to lose
jobs under the TPP as
Canadian companies move
manufacturing and other
jobs to low - wage countries, such as Vietnam where the average wage is 65 cents an hour.
In order to put the blame on offshoring efforts, there should be a correlating increase in
manufacturing jobs with those
Canadian companies abroad.
Critics of the trade pact, including many labour unions voice concern over a number of issues, including the potential loss of
manufacturing jobs and foreign takeovers of
Canadian companies.
Canada wants to preserve auto - sector
manufacturing jobs in Ontario by ensuring that Chinese - made parts in Japanese cars do not displace
Canadian parts, but it is ironic that both Korean and European manufacturers are enjoying a phase - out of
Canadian auto tariffs while Japanese companies, which have invested in Canada, still face a tariff barrier.
«Our new facility will help expand «green» skilled
jobs and investment in Ontario as well as the rest of Canada,» said Dr. Shawn Qu, Chairman and CEO of
Canadian Solar Inc. «Additionally, with this facility, our leading - edge photovoltaic technology will be
manufactured and readily available in Ontario for those who are ready to take advantage of the FIT programs.»
This «destination tax,» designed to keep
manufacturing jobs in the US, could negatively affect
Canadian businesses that currently leverage trade agreements to sell and ship to the US «tax - free.»