Canadian Politician Stands Up for The Little Guy

Sorry to make political commentary, but this is so ridiculous to me. Maybe someone with political savvy can explain it to me. Seems official opposition leader Stephane Dion is now a salesman for Chrysler (yes the US automaker), and he finds it a travesty that Canada buys a lot of cheap, crappy cars (think Kia) from South Korean companies, whereas South Korea barely buys any expensive, crappy cars from Chrysler (think PT Cruiser), who happen to have factories in Canada. Naturally we need to tweak the trade rules to rectify this situation.

As a Canadian, I don't care
a) how many second-rate cars Chrysler or any other US auto-maker sells to foreign countries or
b) who South Korea buys automobiles from.

Of course the argument will be made that Dion is fighting for Canadian jobs provided by Chrysler's factories. I say why Chrysler? There's lots of ways to create jobs, especially in a so-called knowledge-based economy. Why not provide an environment where the thousands of brilliant engineers and PhDs that our universities churn out every year can apply their skills to develop new industries that serve the interests of Canadian needs, values and culture? We are a prosperous and highly-education nation - why are our politicians always pimping us out as servants to the first heavily-polluting American corporation to cough up a Loonie?