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As Paul says, please try to keep up

by Aaron Wherry on Friday, November 14, 2008 5:30pm - 9 Comments

January 16: Ottawa turns down auto aid
January 17: No bailout for Ford, Flaherty says
February 29: Canada won’t bail out auto industry: minister
April 1: Ford calls on Ottawa for funding
September 3: Tories pledge $80 million for Ford plant
September 26: McGuinty, Prentice at odds on funding
October 28: Prentice says no to auto parts bailout
November 8: Canada cautiously considers assistance to auto industry
November 10: Auto sector of particular concern, Flaherty says
November 10: Harper hints at auto bailout
November 12: Clement examining options for aid to auto sector
November 12: Flaherty, CAW spar over bailout for automakers
November 13: Don’t expect bailout: Flaherty to auto industry
November 13: Canada, U.S. talking about carmaker aid: Flaherty
November 13: Flaherty says any auto industry aid can’t be wasted
November 14: Ottawa ponders Canada-U.S. auto bailout plan

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  • T. Thwim

    Twirling, twirling, twirling…

  • http://carnewsandviews.com jwl

    Who knows where Flaherty is at the moment on the auto bailout question. Seems to me Flaherty has been consistently inconsistent. I think Canada is just waiting for Americans to bailout the companies and than see what happens here.

  • D

    A little bit of mature honesty with taxpayers wouldn’t hurt. Apparently Flaherty is incapable of this.

  • http://kitchenersown.blogspot.com/ Lord Kitchener’s Own

    T. Thwim,

    I suppose Flaherty being an alien would explain a lot…

  • dan in van

    I’ll trade you one CN Tower for a slightly disshovelled out-dated oldsmobile factory…

  • Brent Fullard

    Sorry folks, you left the most important event in the sequence of events out:

    November 6, 2008 While campaigning last week Obama said helping the auto industry
    would be one of his administration’s top priorities.

    Which explains the following flip flop:

    October 28: Prentice says no to auto parts bailout
    November 8: Canada cautiously considers assistance to auto industry

  • john g

    This would be so much easier if the big 3 were based out of Quebec.

  • Wascally Wabbit

    jwl – I do not concur!
    Mr. Flaherty is very consistent – just not on these things.
    Between Mr. Eves and Flaherty’s watch under the Common Nonsense Revolution – they had a firesale on valuable Ontario assets – in order to camouflage the fact that they didn’t have a clue about economics!
    Now Mr. Flaherty occupies the Federal Finance chair – he is back to the same old game – fire sale fire sale – friends of the CPC party gather around – do I have some cheap cheap goodies for you…

  • http://rileydog.tumblr.com/ steve

    “They are not car companies any longer. They are benefits distributors that happen to also make vehicles on the side.”

    http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=13868

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