🚨Warning to Canadians: Mark Carney just referenced Brazil as a model for Chinese car manufacturing "We are only interested in Chinese investment in Canada." — but look what actually happened there
In Brazil, Chinese brands like BYD flooded the market with cheap EVs, promising "investment" and local plants.
Instead: Severe labor scandals with "slave-like" conditions on construction sites (overcrowded dorms, confiscated passports, exploited workers)
📉Local auto industry hammered — jobs lost, suppliers crushed, forcing Brazil to hike tariffs again to protect what's left
📉Heavy reliance on imports and Chinese supply chains, not real domestic manufacturing
Now Carney's deal opens Canada to thousands of these subsidized Chinese EVs while pushing his EV mandates
Europe has seen strikingly similar issues with Chinese car manufacturing and imports as Brazil, particularly labor exploitation involving Chinese migrant workers, economic threats to the local auto industry, and policy backlash via tariffs. The pattern mirrors Brazil's experience: rapid market penetration by subsidized Chinese EVs (BYD, Chery, etc), promises of local factories, but accompanied by controversies over working conditions, de-industrialization fears, and heavy reliance on Chinese supply chains/labour
Our auto sector (Ontario jobs, supply chains) is already under pressure from US tariffs. Do we really want to repeat Brazil's mistakes — flooding the market with Beijing-backed cars at the expense of Canadian workers?
Prioritize Buy Canadian and North American manufacturing, not cheap imports that come with hidden costs. Net Zero Carney keeps seeing his shadow