Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is headed stateside today to push for tariff-free trade in the auto sector.
Poilievre told an Oct. 13 press conference that he and members of the Conservative caucus from the Windsor area are meeting with officials from a General Motors plant in Detroit as well as representatives from a Ford plant in nearby Dearborn, Mich.
Poilievre is also scheduled to meet with members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers during the trip.
The Conservative leader said vehicle manufacturing has declined by 7.8 percent across Canada over the past year, while the United States has similarly experienced a downturn in production output. He attributed the downturn in both countries to the ongoing trade dispute. The United States has not agreed to extend the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) for a new 16-year term during its first mandatory six-year review. The agreement remains in force while the countries continue to address its future….