Poilievre joins Singh in proposing GST exemption for Canadian-made vehicles

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In the aftermath of the U.S. tariffs connected Canada's car industry, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is being accused of copying the NDP's thought for boosting home conveyance manufacturing.

Conservatives, NDP accidental taxation interruption volition assistance promote Canadian manufacturing

Peter Zimonjic · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 03, 2025 2:11 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

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In the aftermath of the U.S. tariffs connected Canada's car industry, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is being accused of copying the NDP's thought for boosting home conveyance manufacturing.

Poilievre announced Thursday that a authorities led by him volition instrumentality the GST disconnected the merchantability of caller Canadian-made vehicles successful absorption to the 25 per cent tariffs U.S. President Donald Trump has enactment connected Canada's car sector.

"In summation to unfair and counterproductive tariffs connected our aluminum and steel, President Trump is present going aft our car workers," Poilievre said successful a connection Thursday.

"I volition basal up for Canada and support our autoworkers by axing the GST connected cars we marque present astatine home."

The determination comes conscionable days aft the NDP announced its ain GST interruption connected Canadian-made vehicles.

"Earlier contiguous Pierre Poilievre announced thing [NDP Leader] Jagmeet Singh did a week agone — removing GST from Canadian-made cars," the enactment said successful a statement.

The NDP besides wants U.S. automobile companies to manufacture their cars successful Canada oregon usage Canadian-made parts if they privation to merchantability into the Canadian market.

Poilievre promises to region national income taxation connected Canadian-made autos

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, speaking from Kingston, Ont., connected Day 12 of the predetermination campaign, said if helium is elected premier curate a Conservative authorities volition region the GST from Canadian-made autos, an thought archetypal enactment guardant by the NDP.

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Peter Zimonjic is simply a elder writer for CBC News who reports for digital, vigor and television. He has worked arsenic a newsman and columnist successful London, England, for the Telegraph, Times and Daily Mail, and successful Canada for the Ottawa Citizen, Torstar and Sun Media. He is the writer of Into The Darkness: An Account of 7/7, published by Vintage.

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