700 jobs gone as Daimler closes Ont. truck plant

Good day to announce that.. should help the cause.. should have been made public friday

in response to consumers' decreasing demand for heavier vehicles

Yeah because politicians can make businesses change the way they do things and can also make people buy stuff they dont want...get a grip on reality!!!

just saying that its another nail in ontario's coffin... good for the anti tory cause though

just saying that its another nail in ontario's coffin... good for the anti tory cause though

Good that people lose their jobs?


Man,your just wacked right out.

An act of desperation I guess.

When someone appluade's the loss of jobs so that their party looks good then I just have to shake my head.

just saying that its another nail in ontario's coffin... good for the anti tory cause though
I was hoping you would open your ignorant little yap. This same company bought the Western Star truck plant in Kelowna in 2001. They promptly built a new plant in Oregon and moved all 1200 jobs out of Kelowna. Guess what the Liberals did? Sweet fuck all.

These are transport trucks.

http://www.sterlingtrucks.com/

I guess that's Kenmore's "Karma bomb" for the day.

just saying that its another nail in ontario's coffin... good for the anti tory cause though

nice deflection, last I checked the leader of that province was a liberal.

good try though.

These are transport trucks.

http://www.sterlingtrucks.com/


I was quoting from the news story, next time I will be more precise when I quote something, but i also see Transport trucks getting smaller though

The CAW has single handedly destroyed the big 3 in Canada.

Honda and Toyota are expanding in Ontario. I wonder why?

There has been a downturn in Canadian trucking coinciding with the downturn in the US economy. 80% of our exports go to the US and most of that is by truck. Less sales to the US = less need for Class 8 vehicles. The smaller trucks are only used for P&D. For low cost hauling on the highway the prefered equipment is a long combination of up to 38 meters.

Actually Kenmore, it's a sad day.

It's sad for those employee's and their families that now face uncertainty in an already declining economy.

It does show that the Conservatives globalization of Canada economy is not working, as since the agreement with the Union is now done these jobs most certainly will be moved to China or Mexico where the labor is 1/20th of that Canadian worker.

The NDP wanted to scrape NAFTA and start protecting Canadian manufacturing jobs and work on FAIR trade agreements.