Today, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs, and the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced that the Government of Canada is moving forward with 25 per cent tariffs on $155 billion worth of goods in response to the unjustified and unreasonable tariffs imposed by the United States (U.S.) on Canadian goods.
If Chinese companies set up plants in Canada, they would by definition not pay tariffs on Canadian content. Canada’s colonial status to US has made us reject Chinese FDI of all kinds. Removing tariffs on Chinese EVs is step to take if all Canadian auto companies announce closures and moves to US manufacturing. Trump says “we don’t need Canadian cars”. Canada not only subsidized auto sector jobs to a high level, but could get much better value cars if the auto sector abandons it. Prosperity in general from joining BRICS, and belt and road/significant FDI.
We need to charge US much more for NORAD access, and be more independent in foreign policy/alignments, instead of allowing US demonization propaganda to force us to accept all adversaries it tells us to.