Poilievre plans Detroit push for tariff-free auto pact

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is visiting Detroit after a Windsor press conference to urge tariff-free trade in the auto sector, meeting with business, labor and automaker representatives and making his case to U.S. audiences. He says escalating tariffs are hurting investment, jobs and vehicle production on both sides of the border; the United States currently imposes a 25% tariff on Canadian autos, and President Donald Trump has threatened to raise it to 50% on Jan. 1 in response to Canadian counter-tariffs. Poilievre’s proposed Tariff-Free Auto Pact would let automakers sell vehicles without tariffs based on where they are produced and aims to boost Canadian output, while his other proposals include removing GST from Canadian-made vehicles. The trade dispute has also become an issue in Michigan’s Senate race, where Republican candidate Mike Rogers has called for a deal with Canada and said the country is not an enemy.