Christopher Worswick/The Globe and Mail: Instead of propping it up, we should let the Canadian auto sector phase out, as Australia did with their auto sector, if the impending trade talks do not grant the industry relief. We should focus on pursuing our comparative advantage in other industries.
Decades ago, the Australians realized that their market was too small and their wages too high to allow them to have an internationally competitive car industry without large government subsidies. They made the right decision, and so should we…