You know that moment when a company makes a decision so stunningly stupid that it doesn't just hurt them today, it poisons every single tomorrow they thought they had. Pull up a chair because General Motors just delivered a master class in exactly that. And the craziest part, they walked into this blindfolded with a map that said passage written all over it straight off a cliff.
Here's what happened. Three days ago, GM didn't just trim some fat in Canada. They didn't announce a strategic realignment or a temporary production pause while we assess market conditions.
No, no. They took a sledgehammer to every single Canadian operation they owned. We're talking scorched earth, the Ashawa assembly complex.
And for those of you who don't know, that place isn't just a factory. It's been stamping out vehicles since your grandparents were young enough to test drive them. That plant was the heartbeat of an entire region.
The St. Catherine's powertrain facility, one of the highest performing engine plants in GM's entire global network, the Markham Tech Center, the Woodstock Parts Depot. All of it gone, dark, silent.
11,000 people, 11,000 families, 11,000 paychecks. Poof.
