{"id":1906,"date":"2009-05-14T20:15:09","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T03:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=1906"},"modified":"2009-05-14T20:15:09","modified_gmt":"2009-05-15T03:15:09","slug":"cancelling-best-trucks-in-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2009\/05\/14\/cancelling-best-trucks-in-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancelling the best trucks in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may have heard that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/RTGAM.20090514.woshawa0514\/BNStory\/National\/home\">GM Canada shut down its Oshawa plant today<\/a>. In fact, the last vehicle off the line was a Chevy Silverado with all the options. One worker was quoted as saying the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We made the best trucks in the world<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Assuming the claim is not hyperbole, why would GM Canada shut down the plant that made the best trucks? Why not shut down the plant that made the second best trucks, or even the one that made the worst trucks?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have heard that GM Canada shut down its Oshawa plant today. 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