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nd content. l like news in regard to Canadian built cars and the Canadian factories that build them. I am happy to get a publication with a Canadian focus and glad to see you have used w

k, who are very good at what they do. It's ﬁnally here. Canadian sales data. Canadian content! Woo hoooo! It is relevant to us! Up to date news and perspectives from a Canadian po
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2016 is a record, with predictions that 2017 won't be
s great to get Canadian input in the auto industryI don't have to comb through Automotive News for Canadian stories. Reading what dealers and manufacturers are doing different
Sales outpace 2015 by 50,000 vehicles on the
strength of pickups as the car market retracts

the truth behind the trends that
defined the 2016 sales year.
Total sales reached a
record 1.95 million, missing
the two-million mark that had
seemed possible at midyear, but
still a meaningful 2.8 per cent
gain over the previous record
for 2015.
But that might be it for the
records for a while.
"We've had a long stream of
consecutive records, and you

Carlos Gomes.
FCA's unprecedented sales
leadership title in 2015 remained
intact even after its numbers
were recalculated, but it was
also a one-time wonder as Ford
of Canada surged 9.3 per cent in
2016 and back into the overall
market leadership. Somewhat
disingenuously, Ford's triumphant year-end sales release

, a publication that focuses on the Canadian car industry! The articles are different to what we usually get in Canada. It's Canadian! I like the local content and coverage of issues th
By JEREMY SINEK

TORONTO CORRESPONDENT

changed its reporting methodology, which meant all its previous data became invalid. About
the same time, Maserati began
to publish its sales in Canada,
but without initially providing
year-ago figures for comparison.
None of this, however, alters

The F-150 carried the load
for Ford as its car sales
dropped 14 per cent in 2016.

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THE YEAR JUST ENDED WAS
much better for auto dealers
than for auto-sales statisticians.
Midway through 2016, FCA

can't have records going on forever," said Scotiabank senior
economist and auto specialist

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EVEN IN THE CHAOTIC AUTOMOTIVE
world, 2016 was especially
hectic for Canada. Down-tothe-wire Unifor contract talks.
Record sales. Massive safety
recalls. The election of a U.S. president

who appears bent on reopening NAFTA.
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Rick Jamieson has
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the heels of his recent ABS Asbestos
Offensive campaign to ban the importation of asbestos-laced brake pads.
"This news was most heartening to
us," said Jamieson, president and CEO
of Guelph, Ont.-based brake pad manufacturer ABS Friction.
"While the ban is long overdue, we
are thankful it is finally going to happen. We have twice seen 'ban asbestos' private-member bills reach second
reading, only to stall for one reason or
another."

The ban of the cancer-causing material comes after lengthy campaigns
not only by ABS Friction but others
including Unifor, the country's largest private-sector union representing Canadian autoworkers, and the
Automotive Recyclers of Canada (ARC).
Although asbestos mining ended in
Canada in 2011, import and export of
asbestos was allowed, despite bans by
58 other countries such as Australia,

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export" of asbestos-containing products
- including brake pads - by 2018.
That makes Rick Jamieson a happy
man as the decision comes hard on

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can ﬁnd to write on Canada! The convenience I get the email and can always read late. In-depth stories. It is great to get Canadian input in the auto industryI don't have to comb through

adian stories. Reading what dealers and manufacturers are doing differently from the USA. Finally, a publication that focuses on the Canadian car industry! The articles are differe

n Canada. It's Canadian! I like the local content and coverage of issues that matter to the industry in Canada. Special insight on Canada. Issues that are speciﬁc to the Canadian in

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