Industry Minister Mélanie Joly has outlined the conditions Chinese automakers must fulfil to establish a production base in Canada.
Speaking to reporters in Japan on June 22 during the second leg of her Asia trip, Joly said four conditions would need to be met under the Investment Canada Act.
The joint ventures must be majority Canadian-owned, labour standards need to be at the level of the Canadian auto industry, and supply chains must be local. “Last one is everything linked to security of software and security of data,” she added, without elaborating.
She also said establishing production in Canada is not a matter for negotiation with China….