OTTAWA — A future Conservative government would slap massive import tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles and a host of other products in a bid to protect Canadian jobs, Leader Pierre Poilievre said Friday.
His promise comes as the Liberal government just completed the required consultations to impose tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles and launched an additional consultation Friday that could expand that to additional industries.
His plan is to introduce a 100 per cent import tax on Chinese-made EVs and cancel Canadian EV purchase rebates for them. A 50 per cent import tariff would be added to semiconductors and solar cells, as well as 25 per cent on steel and aluminum products, graphite and other critical minerals, EV batteries, battery parts, permanent magnets and ship-to-shore cranes.
Canada's Teslas came from the U.S. until recently, but switched some production to Shanghai because the U.S. is offering EV tax credits that are limited to vehicles made in North America. On Friday her spokeswoman said Freeland"has been clear that action is necessary" and accused Poilievre of harming Canada's industries by delaying the passage of the government's new investment tax credits to help the auto sector and other clean tech industries.
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