Trudeau says Poilievre urging EV tariff is ‘bologna’ as industry awaits decision – National

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Trudeau says Poilievre urging EV tariff is ‘bologna’ as industry awaits decision – National

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attacked a pledge by ************* Leader Pierre Poilievre to raise tariffs on ******** electric vehicles by 100 per cent, but Trudeau did not answer when asked why his government hasn’t moved sooner on introducing a surtax.

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“It’s a bit of a joke that Poilievre is suddenly talking about workers in the industry,” Trudeau said at a funding announcement for the EV industry in eastern Ontario Monday.

“For (Poilievre) to suddenly turn around and say, ‘Oh, we’re worried about EVs,’ that’s bologna. He’s looking for a political angle. Because that’s all he does,” the prime minister said.

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Trudeau also said if Poilievre is elected, he would cut investments in Canada’s EV industry, a sector that continues to receive massive government subsidies.

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“He’d be cutting our investments in EVs, in building an extraordinary EV supply chain in Canada, something we’ve been doing as a government,” said the prime minister.

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The ******** government is weighing whether to match U.S. tariffs on ******** EVs, saying a decision is coming “soon” and that “it’s clear action is necessary – such as a surtax.”

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The Biden administration increased tariffs on ******** EVs from 25 to 100 per cent last May. The Ontario government and ********* automotive industry urged Ottawa to follow suit. The Department of Finance wrapped a 30-day consultation process earlier this month.

Poilievre called for a 100 per cent tariff hike last week, along with higher levies on ******** steel and aluminum. He also accused Trudeau of “doing nothing” to protect ********* workers from an increasingly aggressive China.

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“They’re doing this with the goal of crushing our steel, our aluminum, and our automotive production and taking our jobs away. Trudeau has ******* to protect our workers against this economic predation,” the ************* leader said at a steal plant in Hamilton.

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A report last June from the parliamentary budget officer (PBO) estimates that the federal and provincial governments have pumped as much as $52.5 billion into the sector.

Trudeau said he has been working “for many months” with the industry to address their concerns and criticized Poilievre’s EV strategy.

The prime minister made the remarks at a funding announcement in Napanee, Ont., where Goodyear Canada, Ottawa and Ontario pledged more than half a billion dollars to modernize a plant producing EV tires.

Last March, Canada reached a deal with Volkswagen to hand out $13.2 billion in subsidies for batteries produced at a future plant in St. Thomas, Ont.

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Stellantis later asked for a similar deal for a plant it’s building in Windsor, Ont., and ultimately landed a $15-billion agreement.

The PBO says it will take Ottawa and Ontario until 2043 to break even on the two battery deals.

The subsidies for both plants are meant to mirror incentives offered by the U.S. through the Inflation Reduction Act, a 2022 law passed that makes significant investments in the green economy.

Trudeau says he wants to make sure “Canada’s EV advantage ********.”

“Poilievre jumping in front of the parade – or trying to – is just silly,” he said.

— with files from The ********* Press

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