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Strong competition for imports is the reason behind the design of the Chevrolet Chevette - here being shown by General Motors of Canada president Davi(...)
Strong competition for imports is the reason behind the design of the Chevrolet Chevette - here being shown by General Motors of Canada president Davi(...)

Strong competition for imports is the reason behind the design of the Chevrolet Chevette - here being shown by General Motors of Canada president Davi(...)

Date9/22/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Strong competition for imports is the reason behind the design of the Chevrolet Chevette - here being shown by General Motors of Canada president David Collier - and its sister mini-car, the Pontiac Acadian. The two cars are General Motors' first sub-compacts made in North America. Collier says GM of Canada expects 1976 model year to set sales records for fourth straight year, despite slump in U.S. sales.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0039700F
Plug-in Chevette Although it doesn't show it, this car cost General Motors of Canada Ltd
Plug-in Chevette Although it doesn't show it, this car cost General Motors of Canada Ltd
2/4/1980
t successful Sales Start ever recorded by General Motors new type of car has been chalked up by Chevette, seen rolling in triplicate toward camera aga(...)
t successful Sales Start ever recorded by General Motors new type of car has been chalked up by Chevette, seen rolling in triplicate toward camera aga(...)
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Michael Davis: President of thriving L. Davis Textiles is one of the beneficiaries of Canadian quotas on textile imports but he complains of gross abuse of quota limits by customs officials to ensure that annual limits are not exceeded. Davis' Toronto firm, which specializes in children's sleepwear, employs 200. About 200,000 are employed in the industry nationally.
1/10/1980
Here to bargain with General Motors, United Auto Workers union president Leonard Woodcock (left) walks with Canadian UAW vice-president Dennis McDermott
Here to bargain with General Motors, United Auto Workers union president Leonard Woodcock (left) walks with Canadian UAW vice-president Dennis McDermott
12/1/1970
Without tariff protection against cheap imports from countries like China, Poland, Brazil and Romania, we would have had to close here.
Without tariff protection against cheap imports from countries like China, Poland, Brazil and Romania, we would have had to close here.
4/1/1990
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Duke greets war veteran employees, Keen interest in the way military motorized equipment is manufacured was shown today by the Duke of Kent when he visited the General Motors plant at Oshawa today
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At the General Motors Plant in Oshawa, Premier William Davis (third from left) examines the operation from the tour train. It was billed as a meet-the(...)
At the General Motors Plant in Oshawa, Premier William Davis (third from left) examines the operation from the tour train. It was billed as a meet-the(...)
1/22/1973
William A. Wecker, General Motors of Canada president, points to an aerial photo of the new Oshawa plant which will step up production to 1,350 vehicles a day
William A. Wecker, General Motors of Canada president, points to an aerial photo of the new Oshawa plant which will step up production to 1,350 vehicles a day
6/12/1954
David Collier, president of General Motors of Canada, says the auto industry's current sales slump is due to consumers' fears about the future rather (...)
David Collier, president of General Motors of Canada, says the auto industry's current sales slump is due to consumers' fears about the future rather (...)
3/27/1975
Rare public appearance was made at Royal York news conference yesterday by David Collier, president of General Motors of Canada Ltd. Collier holds cut(...)
Rare public appearance was made at Royal York news conference yesterday by David Collier, president of General Motors of Canada Ltd. Collier holds cut(...)
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New model, George Peapples, president of General Motors of Canada Ltd
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