IHS Markit Automotive Executive Director Michael Robinet told Canadian suppliers at a conference in Windsor, Ont., that North America is a bit of an island. “China is really important and needs to be understood by the supply base,” he said.

Linda Hasenfratz, CEO of Canadian supplier Linamar Corp., says President Donald Trump's tariffs — whether threatened or implemented — increase costs and create uncertainty.

President Donald Trump has threatened to implement a tariff on all goods entering the United States from Mexico, beginning June 10. That tariff could affect vehicles made in Mexico that are shipped to Canada by way of U.S. railways and warehouses, Japanese automakers say.

Gains by Toyota, Nissan, Subaru and Hyundai-Kia weren’t enough to offset another sharp decline at Fiat Chrysler and an estimated 13 per cent drop at General Motors. Total sales last month came in at 203,343 vehicles, down 5.8 per cent according to the Automotive News Data Center in Detroit.

Steele Mitsubishi in Halifax and Charlottetown Mitsubishi on P.E.I. bring the total number of Mitsubishi stores in Atlantic Canada to nine, but the automaker has plans to expand in a region it calls "a key growth market."

Linda Hasenfratz is a Western University alumnus whose company donated $5 million to the school in 2017.

Some Ontario auto dealers will be able to electronically apply for and issue vehicle permits, licence plates and validation stickers to businesses as part of a pilot program scheduled to begin in the spring of 2020 – a move the industry says will save retailers and consumers time and money.

Canada's largest publicly traded dealership group says it has designed a plan for its U.S. operations, focusing on reducing the operating expenses in dealerships south of the border.

Canadian sales in April fell for the 14th straight month as FCA, GM, Ford, Nissan and Honda all saw their deliveries dip. Toyota and Hyundai sales rose while Volkswagen's numbers were essentially flat. 

Scotiabank Economics said "abnormally high fleet purchases in February and March" drove sales in the first quarter, but that's about to change as the fleet market softens.

As Automotive News Canada was first to report in March, the company has been considering new production for Canada. An announcement is planned for Monday.

The Mazda3 was the automaker’s most popular vehicle in Canada in 2018 with 26,728 sold, but the vehicle's windshield wipers might stop working.

The Ontario Budget didn’t offer the auto industry anything beyond the $40-million plan Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government pledged in February of this year, but the head of Canada’s parts association hinted there is more to come.

New light-vehicle sales in Canada fell 1.4 per cent in March, marking the 13th consecutive month of declines. Automakers sold 184,251 units last month. Ford sales were up 7.2 per cent but those gains couldn't offset slides by FCA, GM and Toyota.

Premier Doug Ford made a good first impression with Trillium Automobile Dealers Association President Susan Gubasta on Monday. The premier officially killed the Drive Clean vehicle emissions program and vowed to fight the federal carbon tax. Gubasta called Ford "a breath of fresh air" compared to former Liberal premier Kathleen Wynne.