Toronto Auto Show

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After three years of pandemic-related cancellations, Canada’s auto show circuit is set to resume in-person shows in 2023. But it’s unclear how many automakers will exhibit amid inventory shortages and the growing popularity of direct business-to-consumer marketing events.

The variant is considered to be the most contagious mutation, to date, of COVID-19. And scientists are still running tests to see how well — if at all — the variant can evade vaccine protection.

Canadian auto show organizers are planning to run their events in 2022 after COVID-19 shut them down in 2021 – and in some cases the last two years – but they will be doing so without some manufacturers that supported them previously because of fallout from the pandemic.