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© OPINION -MANUFACTURING SECTOR GETTING HISTORIC BOOST OAKVILLE WILL # BENEFIT GREATLY F 2 FROM MASSIVE ° INVESTMENTS, WRITES STEPHEN CRAWFORD STEPHEN CRAWFORD Column Ontario is celebrating a major win Wii ‘olkswa- n's announce! to es- tablish its first overseas electric vehicle (EV) bat- tery manufacturing facili- ty in St. Th This historic $7-dillion 80,000 indirect jobs, trans- forming the province into an EV innovation and manufacturin; This achievement fol lows the Ford Motor pany's $1.8 billion oar’ ment to transform its Oak- ville Assembly Complex into a Canadian EV and battery pack nies. Volkswagen's mas- sive EV battery plant will further solidify the prov- ce's position as an ad- vance facturing powerhouse. This generational deal ittracting im ments and creating oppor- tunities for local business- es. As the EV market grows, the demand or skilled workers, collaboration will to overall economic wth. The manufacturing re- naissance in Ontario, in- cluding the Oakville Elec- tric Vehicle Complex in- vestment, is providing sig- nificant opportunities for TO LEARN HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR OWN CONTENT VISIT INSIDEHALTON.COM SNAPSHOT Barbara Bialon photo An eagle soars over Bronte Creek Provincial Park. Do you have a great local photo you'd like to share? Send it to sleblanc@metroland.com, along with a brief description. to bene- hae from the expanding EV 's _ invest- ment j in fap V battery manu- ngside Ford's Oakville’ ‘dlecteie Vehicle Complex investment, high- light Ontario's position as an electric vehicle market leader. These _ transformative projects will create oppor- tunities for Oakville and other ities to ben- ing hub. The Oakville Electric Vehicle Complex will lever- age the local workforce as part of Ford's plan to achieve a global produc- tion run rate of 2 million evs annually by the end of othe complex will begin stry. Ontario is already home 8 to over 700 parts firms, 500 § toc tool, die, and mold makers mnecte u- 3 tonomous vehicle nena 2 efit from the expanding EV ly chain, fostering ic growth onvironment ‘ing the electric vehicle evolution and se- curing a sustainable future for the automotive indus- Stephen Crawford is the MPP for Oakville. He can be reached at stephen.craw- ford la.org. WORKING FROM HOME DEBATE CONTINUES One of the major issues in negotiations of striking public sector workers was the ability to work from ome Working remotely has Workers « can save com- muting costs, and perhaps. the need to own a car or a second family c: Commuting times could be used more productively for both work and plea- sure. Parents could have flex- ibility to co-ordinate work tasks with their parenting SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT INSIDEHALTON.COM would be a major benefit to women, who of- issume ajor role with children, Employers could attract more potential that are unable or not ‘n PETER WATSON Column terested in commuti. Employers would ‘likely have to be more specific with job descriptions and how to measure work out- put. Good work output is not how busy you are, but how productive. Those hoping to ad- vance their career will wel- come more sophisticated work asurements to demonstrate their ability, and therefore their reason for career advancement. Employers could have the ability to reduce labour costs. The further you ve from Toronto the lowe your uving costs. A worker several hours from Toronto could agre to work for a lower income, but financially be much better off because of re- duced housing costs. Canada wins because commuting does not pro- Gee economic penelit. and public tran- structure by reducing the number of commuter: One of the positive “out: comes of the pandemic was the instant need to request staff to work remotely. This turned into a hu- man resources experi- ment. Peter Watson, of Watson Investments MBA, CFP, R.EP, CIM, FCSI offers a weekly financial planning column, Dollars & Sense. He can be contacted through www.watsonin- vestments.com. ABOUT This newspaper, published every of newspapers is comprise publications across Ontario. 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