The
effects of software - powered automation and robots on
employment are harder to spot because they're not as stark and straightforward as an
automotive assembly plant that shuts down in Flint and reopens in Toluca.
The study, by Unifor economist and CCPA vice-president Jim Stanford, analyses CETA's likely
effects on Canadian
automotive trade, investment, and
employment and claims the trade deal will make Canada's current trade imbalance with the EU incrementally worse.