How Canada's Car Industry Destroyed Itself (Well Deserved)

In 2000, Canada built 2.9 million cars and trucks. Last year it built 1.2 million. Doug Brennan, a Canadian mechanic, follows the money from the end of the Auto Pact and the 2009 bailout to the Oshawa closure, the idle electric van plant in Ingersoll, the battery bets from Northvolt to NextStar and Volkswagen's St. Thomas delay, Brampton and the Stellantis strike vote, and Washington's 50% tariff threat for January 1. Doug sorts out who earned this collapse and who didn't. He names the companies that took public money and left, the deals that let them, and the plants that stayed. Then he breaks down what it means for the car in your driveway: prices, parts, warranty, resale and the jobs in your town. Which plant closing hit your town the hardest? We use AI tools to support the production of this video. #CanadaAutoIndustry #CanadianCars #AutoTariffs