Ford government unveils auto strategy details Wednesday
Brian Lilley, Toronto Sun November 16, 2021 Every automaker present in Canada is committed to future EV production. Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association, said he welcomes the Ford government’s announcement. Read article here.
Now it’s Biden, not Trump, giving Trudeau grief
Record Editorial, Waterloo Region Record November 15, 2021 Flavio Volpe, president of Canada’s Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, says the proposed incentives are “a bigger threat than anything pointed at us by Donald Trump.” Read article here.
Zero-emission vehicles are table stakes
Hon. Lisa Raitt, The Raitt Stuff, CIBC Podcast November 15, 2021 Flavio Volpe, Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association president, discusses zero-emission vehicles, Canada’s position in the electric vehicle space, Buy American provisions in the U.S., Project Arrow, and the infrastructure required to support electric vehicles. Listen here.
Concerns ahead of Three Amigos
CTV National News November 15, 2021 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association in Canada, discusses the Three Amigos summit & the Buy American plan. “This isn’t an executive order from a crazy president, this is a rational actor using a congressional instrument to put into place something that is immediately injurious.” Watch here.
Team Trudeau wakes up to American protectionist threat
Brian Lilly, Toronto Sun November 12, 2021 If Canada and Mexico joined the U.S. in offering matching tax breaks but within a North America-made context, it would help secure more than 750,000 American jobs in the parts industry, says Flavio Volpe, APMA president. Read article here.
New Foreign Affairs Minister pushes back on U.S. tax-credit plan for electric vehicles
Robert Fife, The Globe and Mail November 12, 2021 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association in Canada, says credits would also harm U.S. companies, which make one million cars in Canada each year using 50-per-cent U.S. parts and 60-per-cent U.S. raw materials. Read article here.
After Trump, Canada is still a faraway place to Joe Biden’s America
Campbell Clark, The Globe and Mail November 12, 2021 Flavio Volpe, president of the APMA, is quoted in this piece about Canada-US inertia and discriminatory Buy America policies. “It’s a bigger threat than anything pointed at us by Donald Trump.” Read article here.
Flavio Volpe, President Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association – Rivian IPO and future of Brampton assembly plant
The Tom McConnell Show November 10, 2021 Flavio Volpe, president of the APMA, discusses Rivian IPO and future of Brampton assembly plant with Tom McConnell. Listen here.
Ontario’s auto industry needs Trudeau’s help in Washington
Brian Lilley November 10, 2021 As U.S. President Joe Biden continues to back a budget bill that could have crippling effects on the Canadian auto sector, Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, says “We need to offer a North American-made incentive.” Read article here.
Auto manufacturer’s jobs
Moore in the Morning, Newstalk 1010 November 10, 2021 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, describes the effect on the future of jobs if the 3,163-employee Chrysler plant in Brampton were to close following the shift from muscle cars to electric vehicles. Listen here.
