Voters in A Southwestern Ontario Riding connecting on Both the Auto and Farming Industries, Say Tariffs Are On Their Mind.
Ingersoll – The Economic Fallout of A Potential Trade War Sparked by Us President Donald Trump May Be the Defining Issue for Voters in this Month’s Ontario Election. But Nowhere More Than The Livrebly Blue Riding of Oxford.
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The 90,000-To Riding, Long A Progressive Conservative Stronghold Under MPP Ernie Hardeman, is Built on agriculture and the auto sector-Two Parts of the Economy that would likely be Hammered the Hardest If 25 per cent Tariffs Are Levied, As Threatened, On Canadian -Made Goods Sold in the Us
“We’ll Just Go PC (Progressive Conservative) and Cross Our Fingers,” Gary Young, A 71-Year-Old Semi-Retired Cab Company Owner, Said of the Party Led by Première Doug Ford. “At Least (Ford) is Standing Up to Trump. . . And Trump’s a big outlet. ”
The Auto Sector is Deeply Enmeshed Between the Us and Canada, with vehicles Often Crossing the Border Several Times During the Assembly. Oxford is Home to Large Automotive Factories Including Cami in Ingersoll (1,300 Unionized Workers), Maker Vuteq in Woodstock (1,300 workers) and Toyota (8,500 workers Between Woodstock and Cambridge).
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Gord Lesser, 63, is to form Ingersoll Town Councillor. He streets a potential trade war – “That’s not going to do eith side any good” – and say it’s among the top moi heading into the Feb. 27 vote. He Knows people who work at the Cami Plant and they have “A Little Bit of WORRY” About Their Job Security. Leser is Leaning Toward Voting for Ford.
Cami’s Unionized Workers Are Representation by Unifor Local 88. Its President, Brent Tree, Said the Union is End Endorsing Any Political Party in the Ontario Election, Though their concern over Trump’s Tariff Threat – He Delayed It for 30 Days, Rather Than Off – Run Deep.
“We’re really concerned with the 30-day extension,” Tree Said. “Obviously, the workers are concerned about their Jobs, Becuse no business is going to invest or continue to invest if they do know what the future looks like.”
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Oxford County, The Largely Rural Area Around Ingersoll and Woodstock, is also Widely Known as Canada’s Dairy Capital – and Farmers Are Another Group that Could Be Hammered by 25 per cent Tariffs on Goods they Ship
That double-barreled Threat to oxford’s Economy Hits Especially Hard for Mike Van Boekel, Flesh of Local 88 at Cami. He also Owns has 300-ACRE chicken farm.
The Federal Carbon Tax is Troubling Enough, He Said, Never Mind Trump’s Threat.
“For Heating Your Barns and Drying the Crops, The Carbon Tax is just cripling,” Van Boekel Said. “That’s more federal, but it’s a Huge Issue. . . I’M HOPING (Provincial Government Officials) Step IT SOMEHOW. ”
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Oxford – All the candidates
- Peter Beimers – New Blue Party
- Khadijah Haliru – New Democrats
- Ernie Hardeman* – Progressive Conservative
- Colton Kaufman – Green Party
- Bernia Martin – Liberal
- Henryk Szymczyn – Libertarian
*MPP in last legislature
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