{"id":85903,"date":"2023-11-24T03:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T08:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=85903"},"modified":"2023-11-23T14:47:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T19:47:06","slug":"more-than-1500-new-jobs-thanks-to-federal-and-provincial-subsidies-except-the-jobs-are-for-south-koreans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2023\/11\/24\/more-than-1500-new-jobs-thanks-to-federal-and-provincial-subsidies-except-the-jobs-are-for-south-koreans\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 1,500 new jobs thanks to federal and provincial subsidies … except the jobs are for South Koreans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tristin Hopper<\/a> applauds the great job creation scheme that the federal and Ontario governments have put in place … if you ignore the inconvenient fact that most of the newly created jobs aren’t even going to Canadians:<\/p>\n

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When the Ontario and federal governments greenlit one of the biggest corporate subsidy payouts in Canadian history last summer, their main pitch was the deal would create jobs.<\/p>\n

“The governments of Canada and Ontario are partnering to attract once-in-a-generation projects that will anchor our auto manufacturing sector and keep good jobs in Canada,” reads the opening line of a July 6 joint statement<\/a> announcing a record-breaking $28 billion in government “performance incentives” to secure two foreign-owned EV battery factories in Southern Ontario.<\/p>\n

The subsidy-per-job ratio was never great. Even according to the most optimistic estimates of government spokespeople, the two factories \u2014 one operated by Volkswagen<\/a>, the other by Stellantis<\/a> \u2014 would create about 5,500 jobs. Per job, that’s roughly $5 million in lifetime subsidies and tax credits.<\/p>\n

But now, it appears that many of those jobs may not even go to Canadians.<\/p>\n

Last week, during a visit by South Korean Ambassador Woongsoon Lim to Windsor, Ont., a social media post by the Windsor Police casually mentioned<\/a> that “1,600 South Koreans” would soon be arriving in the community to staff the Stellantis plant, which is set to open next year.<\/p>\n