In an end-of-year interview, Francois-Philippe Champagne talks battery-plant deals, sends message to junior miners looking to China for money
Yves Giroux said numbers were announced in 'isolation' and true cost had not been released to public
Canada, Ontario providing Stellantis up to $15 billion
Parliamentary budget officer says taxes will bring total to $16.3 billion
It might be cheaper for Ontario taxpayers to just vote NDP in the next election
https://financialpost.com/opinion/ontario-doug-ford-out-ndps-ndp-auto-subsidies
With billions of investment in the region on the line, the stakes are high
Episode 192 of Down to Business podcast
Big government projects merely draw resources away from other useful activities
https://financialpost.com/opinion/dont-blame-john-maynard-keynes-ottawa-extravagance
Taxes that finance subsides discourage work, risk-taking and investment
https://financialpost.com/opinion/governments-end-destructive-green-subsidy-war
The risks and futility of subsidizing the auto industry
https://financialpost.com/opinion/canada-new-bailouts-volkswagen-subsidy
Ottawa says big investment needed to preserve jobs — others are skeptical
If Volkswagen's battery plant goes under, Ottawa's reputation takes a big hit
https://financialpost.com/opinion/whats-good-volkswagen-better-good-canada
Canada is moving to capitalize on the shift to electric vehicles and is positioning itself as a source of raw materials
https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/electric-vehicles/volkswagen-canada-auto-sector
'This is just the beginning'
Many junior companies remain stuck in the doldrums during one of the best nickel markets in years
Electric vehicles accounted for 8.2% of new vehicle registrations in Canada in the first quarter of 2022
Billions in government subsidies are going to keep automakers in the country — and so far it's working
Largest fine in Canadian history for an environmental offence, after it imported thousands of vehicles rigged to cheat emissions standards and then lied about it
Volkswagen says it 'co-operated fully' with the ECCC’s investigation, and the federal government has already negotiated a proposed plea
Here are a few of the key stories we're following today at the Financial Post
Two Canadian law firms — Siskinds LLP and Merchant Law Group LLP — have filed proposed class-action lawsuits against FCA and FCA Canada Inc.
The mobile parking payment company has been acquired by Volkswagen as the German auto giant races to get a foothold in the future transport economy
The Canadian suit alleged owners suffered from a decline in the resale value of their VW-made vehicles since the scandal came to light in September 2015
Last year it was revealed the carmaker installed so-called ‘defeat devices’ that turned on pollution-control systems only when a car was undergoing emissions testing
Europe’s largest automaker is now promising that it will sell one million electric vehicles a year by 2025
The OECD reduces its 2016 outlook for Canada, an investor lawsuit against Volkswagen totalled 8.2 billion euros and several Apple insiders missed out on the stock's recent rally
Edward Belobaba, a Toronto judge who specializes in class action cases, has ordered law firm Merchant Law Group and lawyers Joshua Merchant and Anthony Tibbs pay a $5,000 cost award
Canada beats the U.S. as best place to retire and is set to be second strongest G7 economy next year. These stories and more in your morning cheat sheet to the FP
"We are starting to see some signals of business momentum stabilization, which should help the VW brand re-rate margins going forward."
http://financialpost.com/investing/trading-desk/the-worst-may-be-over-for-volkswagen-in-europe
The Financial Post’s Jonathan Ratner looks at some of the day's top business and financial stories
More than $20M in investment fines uncollected in Ontario … and what's next at Yahoo? These stories and more in your morning cheat sheet to the Financial Post
Analysis: Apple has remained silent about its plans for a 22,000-sq-foot space near Ottawa, but rumours suggest it's for an R&D centre that could employ 200 staff
The tech giant's Ottawa office is located right next to BlackBerry's QNX headquarters leading to speculation that Apple has plans to work on its automobile project from the new expansion
Doomsday predictions for the loonie and oil and shifts in Canada's media landscape. These stories and more in your morning cheat sheet to the Financial Post
The EPA wants Volkswagen to come up with a solution to its emissions-rigging scandal that has zero negative impact on the vehicles’ owners, an agency director said, after it rejected the automa...
No time to shop? No worries — do it on the bus. And if you're a Volkswagen owner you might have $1,000 waiting for you. These stories and more in your morning cheat sheet to the Financial Post
What does the new Liberal cabinet mean for the country? And did someone say there was a food fight at Whole Foods? These stories and more in your morning cheat sheet to the Financial Post
When crises, like the VW cheating emissions scandal, hit companies a clear, quick response can be critical to survival
The Financial Post’s Jonathan Ratner looks at some of the day's top business and financial stories
The Volkswagen emissions scandal is growing. And taxi drivers' brains may start shrinking. These stories and more in your morning cheat sheet to the Financial Post
It's day two for Justin Trudeau - just what does that mean for the energy sector and the pot industry. These stories and more in your morning cheat sheet to the Financial Post
Amazon goes artisanal and Etsy.com could be left in its wake. Volkswagen's U.S. boss apologizes. These stories and more in your morning cheat sheet to the Financial Post
VW was, at least to some degree, forced into concentrating on reducing CO2 at the cost of not merely downplaying — but cheating on — real pollutants
The party's over at Volkswagen and the IMF has cut Canada's growth outlook. These stories and more in your morning cheat sheet to the Financial Post
The digital dragons are ready to pounce on young entrepreneurs with edgy proposals. This story and more in your morning cheat sheet to the Financial Post.
Canadian Volkswagen sales fell off a cliff in September, plunging 19.6 per cent even though the company’s emissions-rigging scandal didn’t come to light until the latter half of the month
Volkswagen's offering to refit 11 million cars and Canadians are snapping up property in Manhattan. These stories and more in your morning cheat sheet to the Financial Post
The emissions-rigging scandal at Volkswagen AG is causing major distortions in the platinum and palladium markets, two precious metals that are linked closely to the auto sector
Trust, once broken is nearly impossible to regain. Yet there seems to be a cadre of business leaders who believe all’s fair in the cutthroat world of taking profits, as long as they don’t get...
http://financialpost.com/executive/c-suite/are-corporations-losing-their-moral-compass
Commodities continue to plunge and Germany launches a VW fraud investigation. These stories and more in your morning cheat sheet to the Financial Post.