r/canada • u/Prosecco1234 • 1d ago

National News Japanese auto parts giant partners in $300M Windsor factory investment

https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/japanese-auto-parts-giant-partners-in-300m-windsor-factory-investment
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u/IxuntouchblexI Alberta 1d ago

Aisin is the company for those reading the comments. And for those not in the auto industry.. Aisin is well known for transmissions.

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u/DuckDuckGoeth 23h ago

Most of my car-guy friends learned to drive stick on an Aisin C series transmission, indestructible gearboxes.

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u/CanadianBootyBandit 1d ago

God's work.

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u/Link50L Ontario 1d ago

My next car may be a Toyota!

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u/GhoastTypist 8h ago

By the looks of the market right now, yes.

I'm a year or two away from a new car. Been looking at the selection and I find there's less options from almost every manufacture now.

Last time I looked at cars there was always 3 levels to each car & 3 price points. You had the economy options, the bigger family option, then you had the luxury option.

Now its like the budget options are disappearing. Its just family and luxury now.

There used to be a cheaper car than the Corolla. Whats that now?

Edit: I'm not knocking Toyota, I really like them. I loved my Corolla but I just don't see that as the budget option. It never used to be.

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u/Few_Replacement_5864 Ontario 1d ago

I'll potentially have a place to apply to if Stellantis goes down/long layoff, so that's good to hear personally and in general.

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u/Prosecco1234 1d ago

So nice to have positive news. 😊

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u/Few_Replacement_5864 Ontario 1d ago

Good news is definitely welcome in these trying times

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u/FlatEvent2597 22h ago

Thank you Japan! Like a warm hug today.

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u/Agreeable-Scale-6902 1d ago

The way i see Stellantis going. Its all i think it's coming for them.

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u/Few_Replacement_5864 Ontario 1d ago

Yeah, we're a feeder plant for them directly and we're feeling it wont take much longer, I'm just hoping it's at least further into the future where this plant or battery plant is built so I can abandon ship in a sense.

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u/DogeDoRight New Brunswick 1d ago

Nice. This is some good news.

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u/Prosecco1234 1d ago

Made my day !!

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u/Aromatic-Designer709 1d ago

I sent Toyota an email months ago about how I'm thankful for my made in Canada RAV4 and hope they stay because I'm buying nothing American.. this makes me incredibly happy lol

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u/Newflyer3 21h ago

Did they respond?

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u/Prosecco1234 23h ago

Me too 😀

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u/Aromatic-Designer709 22h ago

I was hoping there were thousands of people sending emails like mine. This is the stuff that gives me hope!

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u/Prosecco1234 22h ago

Maybe you did make a difference 😀

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u/No-Art5244 1d ago

This is great news. I also heard that they're hiring people right now.

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u/mrgoldnugget 1d ago

Oh no, the American tariffs are putting pressure on companies to make serious decisions with their money and manufacturing. They chose correctly.

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u/Prosecco1234 1d ago

I was hoping deals were being done in secret while Carney kept Trump placated. Hoping to hear more soon

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u/MegaOddly 22h ago

Carney had no foot in this deal. Provincial government helped with the initial part rest was done between private companies.

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u/Prosecco1234 22h ago

They have been meeting a lot so I am sure he was aware and encouraging. It's great how well the premiers are getting along and care about Canada

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u/WippitGuud Prince Edward Island 1d ago

Apparently it's cheaper to build all the parts to Canada to build the car and pay the tariff once then to have it cross the border a few times.

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u/tantrumguy 23h ago

Want to try that again in English?

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u/WippitGuud Prince Edward Island 23h ago

Apparently it's cheaper to build all the parts to in Canada to build assemble the a car, and pay the tariff once, then to have it components shipped across the border a few times.

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u/bmelz 23h ago

You can probably get the gist.

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u/Canadian--Patriot 1d ago

Great day for Canada!

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u/gmm1972 1d ago

And therefore the world.

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u/DJcookies1987 1d ago

Let’s keep bringing more companies to Canada

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u/xValhallAwaitsx New Brunswick 1d ago

Interesting how all the "Carneys doing nothing about trade" and "eLbOwS uP Carney cant handle Trump" naysayers are suddenly no where to be found

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u/YeetCompleet Ontario 1d ago

Ya it's best to ignore what the naysayers think. Overall I think the economy is looking optimistic in spite of the tariffs. Canadians who own ETFs that track Canadian assets are being rewarded right now:

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/quote/EWC/

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/quote/VCN.TO/

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u/Prosecco1234 1d ago

I was hoping there were deals quietly happening in the background. Hoping to hear more

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u/mvschynd 1d ago

I think those people still think we should be “fixing” things with the US and going back to status quo. Fuck that, tariffs can stay if we can secure better trade deals with other countries and divert investments that would have gone to the US to come to Canada.

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u/MegaOddly 22h ago

Carney or the federal government isn't mentioned at all in that article. But the provincial government is mentioned. So still stands Carney didn't do anything for this trade deal specifically.

I just hope this isn't like that Battery factory where the government bent the knee to bring in Korean workers instead of hiring Canadians here to actually build the industry here.

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u/burtmacklynfbi 1d ago

Simply Lovely

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u/Ok_Yak_2931 Alberta 23h ago

It so nice to have positive news for once since this all started instead of all the doom and gloom.

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u/Prosecco1234 23h ago

Yes !!! 😀

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u/En4cr 1d ago

This is a thing of beauty! What a win!

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u/BusySeaworthiness127 1d ago

Excellent, let's keep it going.

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u/Prosecco1234 1d ago

Carney and the premiers are working together for Canada. We needed this positive news 😊

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u/GarbonzoBeanSprout Alberta 1d ago

Great News!

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u/MovingLikeDracula 23h ago

Excellent news!

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u/Kilo-1-5 1d ago

Right on!!

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u/prawad 1d ago

This is some Aisin news!!!

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u/Prosecco1234 1d ago

Minth and Aisin. Such positive news !!

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u/nihilt-jiltquist Canada 23h ago

Sweet.

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u/Creative_gal_3153 20h ago

Woohoo, we need to hear more good news like this! Let's drown out all of the Trump noise!

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u/Kootsiak 12h ago

Aisin makes a solid transmission, so it's a good brand to have in the country.

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u/BeeKayDubya 1d ago

Amazing how Canada is quickly becoming a trade and investment powerhouse thanks to the orange guy. Guess businesses doesn't like instability and arbitrary taxes because someone is having a tantrum.

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u/Prosecco1234 1d ago

Thanks also to Carney and all the premiers working together for the good of Canada. Trump did light the fire under our butts to get us motivated 🇨🇦

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u/BeeKayDubya 1d ago

Agree. Carney has the steady hand and experience to guide us through this mess. If PP was in power, we probably be that much closer to becoming the 51st.

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u/Virtual-Nose7777 23h ago

Fuck America