<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Forwarded from: <b class="gmail_sendername">Emily McEwan-Fujita</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emilymcfujita@gmail.com">emilymcfujita@gmail.com</a>></span><br><br><div><br></div>
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/06/12/ottawa-car-price-disparity-border-shopping.html" target="_blank">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/06/12/ottawa-car-price-disparity-border-shopping.html</a><div>
<br></div><div><h3 style="margin:0px 0px 4px;padding:10px 0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:normal;font-size:19px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:18px">Senator says price gap not justified</h3>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 14px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">Senator Pierrette Ringuette said she invited representatives from the Big Three automakers in the U.S. to appear before the Senate finance committee to explain the price disparities, but they declined.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 14px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">"How do you justify a car made in Canada being sold for 20 to 25 per cent more in Canada than in the U.S.?" she said.</p>
<span style="margin:5px 0px 7px 15px;padding:0px 0px 10px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(196,196,196);outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:0.8em;text-align:left;line-height:1.2em;color:rgb(86,86,86);overflow:hidden;float:right;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;width:302px"><img src="" alt="The Ford Flex, made in Oakville, Ont., is one of the few higher-end vehicles to retail for less than it does in the United States." style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:none;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;display:block"><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal">The Ford Flex, made in Oakville, Ont., is one of the few higher-end vehicles to retail for less than it does in the United States.</i> <i style="margin:1px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal">(Sam VarnHagen/Ford Motor Co./Associated Press)</i></span><p style="margin:0px 0px 14px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">
<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">At least one manufacturer, Honda Canada, said Canada's price was determined by a number of factors, including exchange rates, market conditions, Canadian-specific content </span><font color="#ff0000">and the cost of doing business in two official languages.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 14px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px"><font color="#ff0000">But Ringuette said the cost of translation is a red herring and that Transport Canada officials had told the committee it amounted to about $200.</font></p>
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