Geography 2010A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Urban Sprawl, Electric Car, Outsourcing
18 Sep 2017
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Key topic: the automobile industry: automobile industry remains the heart and soul of manufacturing activity in ontario, now exposed to competition from countries with lower wage rates (globalization, substantial federal/provincial grants and loans cannot solve the problem, ex. 2011 federal/ontario governments provided 500mil to toyota as an incentive to expand production at woodstock plant: employment will increase 2000-2400, units will expand 150000 to, employment in automobile industry dropping significantly over last 20 years (output of. Guarantees canadian automobile plants would not close: 2. Brought to canadian plants the advantage of economies of scale by allowing them to specialize in a few types of automobiles that would supply the north american market: 3. Reduced price of cars for canadian customers: 4. The i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)(cid:272)e of o(cid:374)tario"s auto(cid:373)o(cid:271)ile i(cid:374)dustry: automobile industry drives ontario economy. Ontario assembly had higher productivity than comparable us plants: 2. Much lower canadian dollar (1976-2007) allowed canadian exports of vehicles to cost less than similar vehicles in us: 3.
