CANADA’S DRIVE
RECONVERSION TASKS MOTOR PLANTS HELD UP EXPORT TRADE STRONG (9.30 a.m.) OTTAWA, Feb. 12. Canada lias reached the half-way mark in her reconversion problems, said the Minister of Reconstruction, Mr. C. D. Howe. Mr. Howe said that industrial employment was being stepped up steadily and many plants were beginning to take on their post-war complements. “The most recent figures show that 300,000 are still in the armed forces and 250,000 are unemployed.” he said. "The worst upset in industrial conversion is in the automobile industry with General Motors’ plants closed as a result of the strike in the United States, the plants of the Ford Company just recovering from the 1945 strike, and the Chrysler Corporation behind the production planned. “Exports are above the level required for full employment. The domestic market is strong and will thus continue as goods become available.” Mr. Howe said the construction of 50,000 houses is expected in 1946. Canadians are hesitant about buying prefabricated houses. The movement in that, field is below expectations. Housing costs are likely to remain high until there is a free flow of material and skilled labour.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21945, 13 February 1946, Page 8
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