GM Canada says it will temporarily lay off employees at its Oshawa, Ont., works as it restarts a truck assembly line and scales back car production to address shifting American buyer preferences. She says an Oshawa plant assembly line that once produced the Chevrolet Equinox is being repurposed to build a truck, but the type of truck won't be released until January when production begins. She says the change will have a "neutral employment impact" at the assembly plant. "The market is definitely shifting towards compact SUVs and pickups so we've had to adjust our production schedules accordingly," she said. "On the downtime ... that was announced, that's particularly related to the overall softness in the market on the U.S. side in the passenger car field, not related to our Canadian sales."

Source: CBC News December 01, 2017 17:03 UTC