Author: Todd Phillips

中国领先 (China Pulls Ahead)

August 20, 2025

引领世界 (Lead the world) A group of Canadian car dealers took an intensive deep dive into the inner workings of the Chinese auto industry in April with a five-day study tour led by the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association. They came back home …

Meet the 2025 CADA Laureate winners

August 20, 2025

Celebrating dealer excellence in three categories: Ambassadorship, Business Innovation and Retail Operations. Each year since 2006, three car dealers are named CADA Laureates. It’s an exclusive group, and recognizes outstanding career success and achievement.  From among the 3,200 car dealers …

The brightest lights

August 15, 2025

In this issue, we are proud to feature the three CADA Laureate Award winners for 2025: Brent Ravelle, Ambassador Laureate, Michael Wyant, Innovator Laureate and Annie Laliberté, Retailer Laureate.  The CADA Laureates, and the program itself continue to grow in …

Dealers have a used advantage

June 15, 2025

One challenge dealers have is that most have spent a lifetime inside the auto industry — they drive dealership demo vehicles, and don’t have a current sense of what it’s like for a consumer to shop for or purchase a vehicle, …

Professor Alan McGee retires from ABSC

June 13, 2025

It was just time.  After almost 22 years teaching students attending the automotive business program at Georgian College — first the Canadian Automotive Institute and now the Automotive Business School of Canada — Professor Alan McGee has given his last …

Dealers have a great hand

May 22, 2025

As the circus surrounding tariffs, counter-tariffs, annexation threats, and concerns over the collapse of Canada’s auto industry swirl around them, car dealers are faced with the same dilemma they always face.  Many of these issues are simply outside of their …