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Unifor calls for national auto strategy, dedicated ministry to capture electric vehicle potential

TORONTO – Unifor is calling for a national auto strategy, and a dedicated federal government ministry to lead it, at a time of “significant and uncertain change” in the industry amid the transition to electric vehicles.

The recommendations are contained in Unifor’s new auto policy released Thursday, a day after Canada’s largest private-sector union elected Lana Payne as its new president, and come at what it calls an “inflection point” in the sector.

The union wants plant and production capacity targets as part of the overall auto strategy to help capture the potential of EVs, while it also calls for more government support through investment incentives and trade policies.

Ontario has already seen a wave of new, EV-focused auto investments in the last two years totalling upwards of $16 billion, but there needs to be a more comprehensive policy to keep the momentum…

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