Ontario auto sector

Toronto (Rajeev Sharma): Ontario Premier Doug Ford has sharply criticized Prime Minister Mark Carney’s newly announced trade agreement with China, warning that it could undermine Canada’s auto sector and threaten domestic jobs by opening the door to a surge of Chinese electric vehicles (EVs). In a social media post on Friday, Ford said the deal would give China a strategic entry point into the Canadian market, allowing it to compete aggressively at the expense of Canadian workers. He argued that the agreement lacks safeguards to protect domestic manufacturing and long-term economic interests. Prime Minister Carney earlier announced that Canada had…