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Canada’s Conservatives Push Back on Carney Auto Strategy With US-Focused Plan
Yahoo Finance· 2026-03-15 14:57
Photographer: Allison Seto/Bloomberg The leader of the Conservative Party of Canada proposed new measures for protecting the country’s automotive industry, arguing that it’s a mistake to shift focus away from the US as the industry’s primary export market. Pierre Poilievre proposed exempting Canadian-made vehicles from federal sales tax and implementing a “dollar-for-dollar” rule on tariffs. An automaker that assembles vehicles in Canada would be allowed to import the equivalent dollar value in cars or t ...