J.D. Ney, Director, J.D. Power Canada, discusses how dealers are adapting to the pandemic. He says an OEM and dealer’s digital presence is more important than ever before. His organization will be conducting new research on consumer buying trends.
Todd Phillips is the editorial director of Universus Media Group Inc. and the editor of Canadian auto dealer magazine. Todd can be reached at tphillips@universusmedia.com.
CBC News is calling 2025 a “turbulent” year for Canada’s auto sector — one dominated by tariff whiplash, softened EV demand and major production shifts that hit workers from Windsor to Oshawa and Ingersoll in Ontario. The biggest destabilizer was …
Canada’s new agreement to lower tariffs on a limited number of electric vehicles imported from China could deliver its earliest benefits to familiar brands already selling here, not new Chinese nameplates. That’s according to an analysis published by Driving.ca. Ottawa …
Canadian auto dealer senior editor Todd Phillips interviews Michael Robinet, VP, Forecast Strategy, S&P Global Mobility about his session at the upcoming CADA Summit being held February 11, 2026 in Toronto. Robinet gives a sneak preview of his presentation about …
Canadian auto dealer senior editor Todd Phillips interviews Andrew Reutsky, the lead researcher from Harvard University that just released a new report: “Automotive Retail Advertising in Crisis.” The study found as much as 62% of dealership ad spending can’t be …
As the Detroit Three make fewer vehicles in Canada, Ottawa is looking abroad for potential automotive manufacturing opportunities. A CBC article pointed to a new report from the Trillium Network for Advanced Manufacturing at Western University that analyzes manufacturing in …
The New Car Dealers Association of B.C. and the Business Improvement Areas of British Columbia are calling on the province to scrap its planned expansion of the provincial sales tax to professional services, warning the move would unfairly raise costs …
