Blockade Costs Canada’s Economy $3 Billion Weekly
The Shift with Patty Handysides, AM 800 August 15th, 2022 Flavio Volpe, President of APMA Canada, joins us to talk about the effects it had. Listen Here.
Canada’s auto industry breathes sigh of relief as U.S. rewrites protectionist EV policy
Naimul Karim, Financial Post July 28, 2022 Flavio Volpe, president of the APMA said that an EV tax credit exclusive to the U.S. was the “largest single threat” Canada’s automakers faced and was glad to see the provision lifted by the same people who tabled it. Read article here.
Emergency Act
Live and Local, AM800 June 18, 2022 Guest host Jon Liedtke is joined by Flavio Volpe, President of APMA Canada, to discuss the Emergency Act. Listen here.
Legislation to prevent blockades
The Shift with Patty Handysides, AM800 April 18, 2022 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association, talks about this legislation that’s meant to safeguard the movement of people and goods at international borders. Listen here.
Visiting Canadian leaders doing U.S. damage control as rail dispute hits supply chain
Ottawa Business Journal March 21, 2022 Flavio Volpe, president of the Auto Parts Manufacturers’ Association, a prominent member of Canada’s auto sector, said he’s already getting an earful from U.S. officials. Read article here.
Doug Ford meets with U.S. officials over border blockades
Katie Simpson, CBC News March 21, 2022 Flavio Volpe, Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association president, says the damage of the Ambassador Bridge blockade remains a distraction. Watch here.
Doug Ford insists Ontario is open for business — but is America listening?
Edward Keenan, Toronto Star March 21, 2022 Flavio Volpe of the Automotive Parts Manufacturer’s Association wrote that the strike had been raised by Americans four times in the first few hours of meetings he attended in D.C. Read article here.
‘Hoping for a timely and fair resolution,’ White House says of CP Rail labour dispute
James McCarten, Toronto Star March 21, 2022 For Flavio Volpe, head of the APMA, the goal had been to mitigate the damage Canada’s reputation as a reliable supplier suffered during last month’s weeklong blockade of the Ambassador Bridge. Read article here.
Auto calls for beefed up border after costly blockade of Ambassador Bridge
David Kennedy, Automotive News Canada March 17, 2022 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, said he is looking for clarity from Ottawa on how the federal government will prevent the takeover of critical infrastructure in the future. Read article here.
Flavio Volpe on Bidens ‘Build Back Better plan’ and the Ambassador Bridge blockade
The Tom McConnell Show, NewsTalk610 March 2, 2022 Flavio Volpe, President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association, discusses President Joe Biden’s ‘Buy American plan’ and the aftermath of the Ambassador Bridge blockade. Listen here.
