Chrysler to Canada: Pay up, or we leave
Chrysler LLC President and Vice Chairman Tom Lasorda spoke to Canadian Members of Parliament during a hearing in Ottawa on Wednesday, and based on the account published by ReportOnBusiness.com, it seems like it was really just a venue at which Lasorda was able to read off a list of demands from his employers.
They were:
- The Canadian feds must provide the Pentastar with $2 to $3 Billion USD in bailout loans.
- The CAW needs to visit the barber to the tune of a 25% reduction in pay and benefits.
- The Canadian Revenue Agency must essentially surrender in its tax battle against the automaker, taking no additional action against it. Presently, the CRA has a half-billion dollar lien against the Brampton plant and has withheld hundreds of millions more in tax rebates.
[Source: ReportOnBusiness.com]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
tankd0g 1:55PM (3/12/2009)
Thyat's $2b minus the half billion you owe in taxes, right d-bags?
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Derek 8:06AM (3/12/2009)
Screw you guys, I'm going home.
/Cartman
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Ben 8:23AM (3/12/2009)
LOL!!
Seriously though. I don't think Chrysler is in any position to make any demands. They're playing victim and they might as well....actually, they'd fit right in with the Canadian socialist mentality. =]
Sea Urchin 8:34AM (3/12/2009)
Just so all you pansy- nansys out there know, that's Bobby Flay standing next to Lasorda.
notYou 9:03AM (3/12/2009)
Sea-Urchin: Just so all you pansy- nansys out there know, that's Bobby Flay standing next to Lasorda.
While I love his grill-everything and big-bold southwestern flavored ethos, he loses manly-man points for that slight lisp that I just can't listen past...
TigerMil 8:54AM (3/12/2009)
Said GM to Sweden......
Dude 8:58AM (3/12/2009)
I'm not your friend buddy!
Mel. R 9:12AM (3/12/2009)
I'm not your buddy, guy!
Frank 9:13AM (3/12/2009)
Said Opel to Germany,
Said FIAT to Italy,
Said Renault to France,
Said Toyota to Japan,
Said ____ to _____
Now there all not threatening to leave, but you get the point. Everyone is asking their home/local government for money/loans/favorable tax terms/whatever.
Kitko 9:49AM (3/12/2009)
Ben, not so much of a socialist, try that tactics with Mr Harper, Canadian prime minister, oil-friendly corporate guy, who a) doesn't like Ontario, b) doesn't like Ontario manufacturing industry, c) doesn't really admit that Canada is in recession that will have a long lasting effect on the country.
So he'd probably say "screw you guys, go home".
superman211 11:36AM (3/12/2009)
YET ANOTHER! Completely useless comment from that bastard Sea Urine.
sntmods 3:32PM (3/12/2009)
ohohohohoh, my turn!
Im not your GUY, friend
the vegas style guy 2:41AM (3/16/2009)
You go you bad bitch!
Gary Lowe 8:07AM (3/12/2009)
What do you get when you cross a Home Depot store with Cerebrus? I know there must be a punchline there. I hope every Canadian reader will email Stephen Harpers office and tell him to boot these thugs out of the country!
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Pat 10:34AM (3/12/2009)
Good point ... Let's all write to the PM http://pm.gc.ca/eng/contact.asp
mattskull16 8:16AM (3/12/2009)
Those f****** bastards!
Didn't they just merged with Fiat?
May they get raped in hell!!!!!
Or actually, let Chrysler go away, get on with that tax battle and try to get the judge to set an exemplary fine...
I can't believe what I'm reading this morning!!!!!
This is f****** extortion!!!!
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TigerMil 8:55AM (3/12/2009)
What's your point?
Len_A 9:04AM (3/12/2009)
Fiat deal is not written in stone.
Polly Prissy Pants 9:53AM (3/12/2009)
You never negotiate with a terrorist. It's like feeding a stray cat - you give in once and they be right back at your door tomorrow.
xspeedy 8:22AM (3/12/2009)
If I were Canada, I'd tell them to get lost. Since when is it government duty to help a mismanaged company survive a few more days?
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