Nathan Bawaan

1 week ago | thespec.com | Nathan Bawaan |Josh Rubin

ALLISTON, ONT. — For a few hours, an entire town held its breath. By mid-afternoon Tuesday, Alliston could finally exhale after learning that Honda Canada is keeping full production at its local plant “for the foreseeable future.”The collective sigh of relief came in the wake of a Japanese newspaper report earlier in the day that Honda was considering shifting production to the U.S. to avoid auto tariffs.

1 week ago | therecord.com | Nathan Bawaan |Josh Rubin

Honda is considering moving some of its auto production to the U.S. from Canada and Mexico amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, according to a Japanese news outlet. Nikkei newspaper first reported Tuesday that Honda, which has a plant in Alliston, Ont., with roughly 4,200 employees, is considering shifting some of its auto production to the U.S. as it aims to produce 90 per cent of its cars sold in the country locally to avoid Trump’s 25 per cent penalties on auto imports.

1 week ago | thespec.com | Nathan Bawaan |Josh Rubin

Honda Canada says it’s keeping full production at its Alliston, Ont., plant “for the foreseeable future” in the wake of a Japanese report that it was considering shifting production to the U.S. to avoid auto tariffs. “We can confirm that our Canadian manufacturing facility in Alliston, Ontario, will operate at full capacity for the foreseeable future and no changes are being considered at this time,” the company said Tuesday afternoon.

1 week ago | wellandtribune.ca | Nathan Bawaan |Josh Rubin

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1 week ago | thespec.com | Nathan Bawaan

It’s more bad news for Ontario’s auto sector. The union representing workers at GM’s CAMI assembly plant in Ingersoll said Friday the company is laying off hundreds of workers starting Monday, temporarily halting work on the BrightDrop electric delivery van — and then reducing production of the vehicle. “This is a crushing blow to hundreds of working families in Ingersoll and the surrounding region who depend on this plant,” said Unifor national president Lana Payne in a press release.