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Ontario vs. Michigan—a tale of two manufacturing jurisdictions

Compared to 2007, Ontario had 170,000 fewer manufacturing jobs in 2017.


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Between 2005 and 2015, the manufacturing sector’s share of employment in Ontario fell from 16.7 per cent to 10.7 per cent.


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Ontario’s auto manufacturers import from other countries many of the materials used to make cars.

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Ontario had to write-off $1 billion of taxpayer money from the General Motors/Chrysler bailout.


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Attributing Ontario’s manufacturing struggles to global forces is, at best, an oversimplification.


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Michigan’s economy grew at an average annual rate of 2.1 per cent—faster than the U.S. average of 1.9 per cent.

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In Michigan, employment in manufacturing grew at an average annual rate of 6.1 per cent while it declined in Ontario.