Overview
- Magna’s Swamy Kotagiri, who spoke Tuesday at a Toronto auto forum, said the industry needs agreed outcomes before it can choose the right fixes.
- He outlined two distinct goals that lead to different tools, either protecting existing factories and jobs with targeted support or lowering prices through scale and tougher competition.
- Kotagiri said job numbers in Canadian auto manufacturing have been flat to declining despite years of support, with more growth occurring further down the supply chain.
- He urged a resilience push that builds skills instead of backing single plants and that improves infrastructure and reliable, cost-competitive energy.
- With a July review of the Canada–U.S.–Mexico trade deal approaching, Ontario’s Vic Fedeli said the priority is restoring North American free trade.