To be clear, in order to punish Canada*, Trump is threatening to tax Americans* an additional half-a-trillion-dollars a year.

Especially* in tough times - when it’s easier money to bet on others - I bet on 🇨🇦 every single time. I’m not afraid of long odds. I’m not ready to surrender the possibilities. If we lose the race, I’ll be right here. Step up or step out of the way. Team 🇨🇦 forever.

We underestimate the tectonic shift in geopolitics in our hemisphere today at our peril.

My request to appear at the USTR ‘Hearings on the Operation of the USMCA’ has been granted. I will appear later this week in Washington, DC. As the only 🇨🇦 industrial sector advocate among 150+ witnesses, I will be presenting data supporting a mutually-beneficial continuance.

Very excited that on November 14 at 2PM EST, I will moderate a webinar on N. American integration featuring Susan Helper, former Chief Economist at Commerce, Arturo Sarukhan, former MX ambassador to US, & Flavio Volpe, head of CA auto parts manuf. assoc. Join Us!! quincyinst.org/events/the-u...

Please.

Should Canada take legal actions against Stellantis? It would be fair, believes @flaviovolpe.bsky.social, the president of Canadian Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association. Full interview: youtu.be/rGDBVAYxXKg?...

Exactly, George. Exactly.

And he’s mad over Reagan’s own words about tariffs!

@flaviovolpe.bsky.social is 100% correct in this. The Canadian response needs to be united. None of this Canadian when it suits you garbage. Everything Flavio says in this article is correct. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Go @bluejays.com! 🔥

We won’t be gaslit. 🇨🇦

News today of yet another 90 day extension in the trade standoff the USA set off with China. I continue to worry that if a ‘deal’ finally happens, it will be bad for US automakers. China isn’t blinking and is not likely to make serious trade offs without gaining access to the US auto market.

How many ‘trade experts’ had 🇨🇦 in the losing bracket because of Japan’s ‘deal’ with Trump & our lack of one. Now we see the Japan ‘deal’ has no paper & no actual tariff ceiling. Japan & the USA don’t even have same read of the terms. But go on.

My mother would say that 🇨🇦 gave her peace & that she owed it peace back. She was a lot of firsts but she always put us first & led by example. When we went visit to her hometown, she wasn’t wistful. She bragged about 🇨🇦 to them all. I never forgot that. Happy Canada Day. 🎉

Great to talk to CBC’s The National about the need for Canada to seriously examine launching our own car company as the sector faces an unprecedented threat. National ambition means we need to try to do the hard things. youtu.be/gZ5rEx0Ge04

With the G7 coming in a week & a full spectrum of opinions on whether 🇨🇦 should be negotiating or retaliating with 🇺🇸, I offer this: The question of whether we could trust Trump to honour a deal is not the right framing. He’s not changing & he’s not going away. /1

It was a great ovation on the floor of the Senate. A moment of 🇨🇦 pride I will remember as a connection to everyone watching that speech. Go Team 🇨🇦!

Great to be at the Throne Speech in Ottawa today. I love this country and our traditions. 🇨🇦

"The prime minister has challenged us to be more ambitious. Well, there's nothing more ambitious than a Canadian car company," @flaviovolpe.bsky.social (Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association) tells @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social #cdnpoli

Auto representative @flaviovolpe.bsky.social’s fight over US tariffs has put him at the centre of a high-stakes economic debate. Here, he speaks to @cstarnino.bsky.social about what’s at risk for Canadian manufacturing when politics and production lines collide: thewalrus.ca/auto-tariffs/

We should have a national ambition to do great things after all this. I believe that includes a 🇨🇦 car company. We have some of the best innovators in the world. We should unleash them. That’s not meant to be Project Arrow, but we built 🇨🇦’s lighthouse & I’m damned proud of it.

In this new Q&A, @cstarnino.bsky.social speaks to auto representative @flaviovolpe.bsky.social about how Donald Trump aims to protect the US's manufacturing industry but risks dismantling the very system that keeps the wheels turning: thewalrus.ca/auto-tariffs/

“Be calm, be cool.” If we have the leverage we think we have, let it play out. Go Team 🇨🇦. /1

The NDP are now just one game ahead of the White Sox.

Biggest 25 point comebacks in history: 1. Tom Brady, 28-3 2. LPC, 45-20 That’s all folks.

🇨🇦 Your morning auto tariff reminder: Follow the math with Flavio Volpe 🎧 For our full conversation, go to Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

Ten days until even more Trump tariffs slam into the Canadian auto sector, and Flavio Volpe says his industry is far from finding its footing in this new trade environment. But one bright light? A made-in-Canada, 3D-printed EV named for the famed — and doomed — Avro Arrow.

'Nobody's sleeping': Canada's auto industry is at a crossroads, says @flaviovolpe.bsky.social Very interesting insights here, especially about how ‘Project Arrow’ could charge-up an all-Canadian EV www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/23/a...

🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦s long history “is not an economic emergency & doesn’t constitute a national security threat. “We’ve been making these cars together since 1904 with Ford. If we are a national security threat, that was one hell of a sleeper cell.” www-nationalreview-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nati...

Tell me I’m wrong.

NEW: Canada’s 25% auto tariffs are in effect, but there are MAJOR differences compared to Trump's U.S. levies: www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/c...

🇨🇦s auto suppliers feature world leading tech & people. @apmacanada.bsky.social’s Project Arrow showed the world. At the end of our global tour, we showed it to 🇩🇪’s Chancellor last week. Here’s a feature from our Canadian International AutoShow launch in 2023. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L10A...

We are going to have the worst market day in decades, worst 5 all time for sure. That’s after the Dow lost 10% in 2 days last week. For no reason. I’m old enough to remember when we used to stand up for ourselves.

Canadian auto jobs have always belonged to Canadians. We’ve built the auto sector together with the USA over 120 years. I brought WW1-era receipts. Don’t let them lie to you.

Some of y’all need to open a window. www.reuters.com/fact-check/c...

@peoplemag.bsky.social 😂 But it is nuts.

Always great to go through this Trump tariff nonsense with Heather Hiscox on @cbc.bluesky.com Morning. We are far from the end of the beginning. But the math is immutable. There’s no art in automotive, at least not outside a few spots in Italy and the UK. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Trying my hardest to give media and Canadians some sense of what Trump is doing. Trying.

Grinding it out, looking for a path forward that could work. I believe in 🇨🇦 & I believe in a lot of 🇺🇸s here. There are no shortcuts but it’s all worth fighting for.

CN Tower going full 🇨🇦 tonight 🙌🏻

My grandparents left one of the most beautiful places in the world to come to 🇨🇦 for a better future for their kids. My parents grew up here & chose to love their country & led by example. They wanted a better 🇨🇦. I’ve dedicated my life to honour their sacrifice. 🇨🇦 forever.

🇨🇦 auto parts suppliers have invested $10B+ in parts plants in 26 🇺🇸 states with 48k 🇺🇸 workers - inc. $1B+ new since 2021. That’s equivalent to 5-10 major car & truck plants. In MI alone there are 55 🇨🇦 parts plants with 17k 🇺🇸 workers. This is a Partnership. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

How integrated is the North American auto sector? How interdependent are 🇨🇦🇺🇸&🇲🇽? Very. It is at the core of American competitiveness vs China, Europe, Asia & the world. You can not unscramble this omelette.

The President of the United States is selling cars on the White House lawn of a company whose CEO is empowered by the same President to cut the funding & staffing of government departments that regulate & litigate with it. Siri, what is a “conflict of interests?”

Also, Tesla.

Great to be on with @jimsciutto.bsky.social at @cnn.com tonight to make sense of the Trump annexation threats on 🇨🇦. “Well, it's not helpful and it's insulting to Canadians. … There's a new movement in Canada, and that's our Canada first movement. … It's not a joke to us.” 🇨🇦

That’s today’s @washingtonpost.com Sunday print edition featuring @APMACanada.bsky.social’s work in defining the incredible integration of 🇨🇦,🇺🇸 & 🇲🇽 auto sector. On my way to DC tomorrow to join colleagues from the G7 of Automotive Suppliers to defend the math & science of the industry.

🇨🇦 belongs to Canadians. Want to try and take it? I told @wsj.com’s vipalmonga.bsky.social “Over my dead body.” 🇨🇦 forever. www.wsj.com/world/americ...