"Brent" wrote in message
ps.com...

There isnt a LOT of finished industrial products but there is a lOT of
backgound work. I once heard that 60% of the journeyman moldmakers on
earth are based in windsor ontario. but remember too canada has just
slightly more than 1/8th the population of the us in 1.5 times the
area.

Canadian automotive-parts producers do a lot of volume, both for car
manufacturers in Canada and in the US. The industries that serve them -- in
particular the moldmakers and other toolmakers in Windsor -- are some of the
best and do a *lot* of volume.

The actual volume has something to do with the state of the $US versus the
$CAN at any point in time. The same work can be done on either side of the
border.

The percentage of GDP represented by manufacturing in Canada is around 18%.
In the US, it's 15%.

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Ed Huntress