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Canada to invest up to C$80 million in Ford facilities
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Reuters Canada -- TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada will offer Ford Canada up to C$80 million ($75 million) over five years to help build facilities that could "create or sustain" some 750 jobs in Windsor, Ontario, Industry Minister Jim Prentice said on Wednesday.

The funding will help Ford carry through plans to reconfigure its Essex engine plant in Windsor into a new flexible engine assembly plant.

The factory currently assembles V8 engines for pickup trucks and SUVs -- vehicles facing slumping sales as North American consumers shift to smaller, more fuel efficient cars because of higher gasoline prices.


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Thursday, September 04, 2008
Reuters Canada -- TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada will offer Ford Canada up to C$80 million ($75 million) over five years to help build facilities that could "create or sustain" some 750 jobs in Windsor, Ontario, Industry Minister Jim Prentice said on Wednesday.

The funding will help Ford carry through plans to reconfigure its Essex engine plant in Windsor into a new flexible engine assembly plant.

The factory currently assembles V8 engines for pickup trucks and SUVs -- vehicles facing slumping sales as North American consumers shift to smaller, more fuel efficient cars because of higher gasoline prices.

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HawaiianGuy
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At least Ford is trying to keep these jobs, unlike GM who have killed 5 plants that made pickups and Suburbans. Are they even serious about staying in the game anymore? Wagoner's already made his tens of millions. What the hell does he care?
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plumb37, all the people who vote Liberal regardless who the leader is...
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go 4 it
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Pre-election spending by Harper's Conservatives hoping to win some votes!
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EVERYONE needs to get off this ethonal hog wash! It's a train wreck!
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Well good for Canada....just keep those Fjords up there, y'all!
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Build electric cars please.
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For the "Big Three" (Ford, GM, Chrysler) this is way too little and way too late...

These bozos have fought the fuel efficiency guidelines and rather than build more efficient cars, they built biger and heavier models that they could either exempt from regulation or that skirted the limits...

NO tears for the "Big Three" who have been out-engineered, out-marketed, and out-sold by Toyota, Honda, and the others...
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The info in the last paragraph is wrong. The Essex engine plant builds V6 motors, Ensite builds the V8s, and has since the 1930s.
tonycmd
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This is needed everywhere
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we need more jobs in the US also...
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old news
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way to go
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Why didn't Ford think of that?
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awesome.... another american company creating jobs outside of america......
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nice to see Canada investing in US..
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Good to see the U.S. dollar back above the loonie again!
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READ this USA!
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What about GM?
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how much will ford lose next quarter?
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I'm happy for the Ford workers in Canada
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IT's "ELECTION TIME" IN CANADA!!! 5 months ago, the FEDs said that they
were not prepared to spend any money in the "ENGINE PLANT"
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old news
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Good news for locals, but what affect on national news?
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Subsidize the only way to get rich and screw the average guy.
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slow news day i guess
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old news
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Another example of Big Government doing the wrong things
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It doesn't make sense to keep a plant open which is producing V8 engines. There is still no market for the output.

They are also suppose to do R&D into alternatives, which I would love to see more of, but it looks like they will also be looking at hybreds which still burn gasoline. We need none fossile fuel alternatives. And if they are going to keep fossil fuel alternatives and need the power a Gas V8 produces, why not do a Hybred diesel. It should tripple the milage of a regular gas V8.
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That would be good for the job market and the tax payer..
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I need money to open my business, too. Gimme gimme gimme!!!
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That's 7.5 mil per job! Does this make sense?
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interesting idea.
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I agree with Sealer.
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$100,000 C per job ! !

amazing
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Their first step should have been to get rid of the union. With their artificially negotiating for more and more each year, without regard to consumer demand for the product, they have eliminated jobs in Detroit. Now, with Canada taking taxpayer dollars to "subsidize" the unions, they are only perpetuating the problem.

Will be interesting to see if they will continually fund the unions as they demand more and more....just to line the union bosses' pockets.
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it will create jobs and help the economy and for that region.

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What the heck. The US Gov bailed out Chrysler for much the same reason (the bailout would be cheaper than unemployment for all of the workers). It's socialistic, but cheaper than the alternative.
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What else is new.
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That would be nice for Windsor people, not so great for tax payers if this doesn't work out. :(
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Go------Canada...................
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Canada has been subsidizing Ford for years. Hope they get their money's worth before Ford bellys up.
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Hope this works.
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it sounds good to me, hope they can pull it off..
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There will be "strings" attached to this deal...stay tuned.
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More jobs going out of the country.
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win-win for both countries
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They'll probably be laying off in the future, who wants a V8 now??
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Detroit is right across the river. I hope the people who lost their jobs don't mind.
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crazy
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