They manufacture significant parts of their cars (or sometimes entire cars) outside the US and then sell them in the US. It’s part of why small pickup trucks don’t really exist anymore, due to tariff nonsense.

They do it because manufacturing labor is cheaper elsewhere.

I think the point they’re making is that the majority of the money they make in Canada, they spend in Canada. They pay Canadian taxes and Canadian staff, using Canadian banks, etc.

Just because their headquarters are in the US doesn’t necessarily mean they’re sending vast sums of money across the border, that would be expensive. The American-based company makes money, but not necessarily in America, they’re multi-national and their money is kept all over the world.

As opposed to a company that exports their products, in which case the money is paid to the American company in America with American staff etc.

I don’t have any numbers or sources to back this up though. Just outlining what I think the other commenter was implying.