Looking to bolster province’s auto workforce, Ontario unveils free training, job placements
Global News August 3, 2022 While more than 96,000 people were working in the province’s auto manufacturing sector as of last year, Flavio Volpe, APMA’s president, notes an aging workforce has highlighted the importance of hiring, training, and retaining new talent. Read here.
Passport application delays
A Little More Conversation with Ben O’Hara-Byrne, Global News April 28, 2022 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, discusses the current complications of obtaining updated passports/travel documents. Listen here (16:25-33:20) or listen here on Apple Podcast.
GM and POSCO to build plant in Quebec to produce battery material for electric cars
Adena Ali, Global News March 7, 2022 Canada is starting to see the fruit of constant pitching by the different levels of government to players around the world, said Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association. Read article here.
War in Ukraine: Hit to semiconductor supply could hike prices in Canada
Craig Lord, Global News February 25, 2022 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, says there’s been a “slow but steady” return of chip supply to the North American auto sector, but that the industry was banking on “substantial relief” to the flow of semiconductors starting in the second quarter of 2022. Read […]
Online threats, harassment and hate continue over truck protest
The Alan Carter Radio Program, Global News February 23, 2022 Flavio Volpe, President, Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association discusses the online threats, harassment and hate over the truck protest convoy. Listen here.
Ambassador Bridge blockades giving ‘ammunition’ to ‘Buy America’ champions
Craig Lord, Global News February 10, 2022 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, says carmakers likely aren’t doubting the quality or long-term stability of supply lines from Canadian plants at this point in the blockades. Read article here.
Ambassador Bridge blockades giving ‘ammunition’ to ‘Buy America’ champions
Craig Lord, Global News February 10, 2022 Flavio Volpe, president of the APMA, says carmakers likely aren’t doubting the quality or long-term stability of supply lines from Canadian plants at this point in the blockades. Read article here.
What is EV tax credit and why is Canada threatening the U.S. with tariffs?
David Lao, Global News December 12, 2021 Flavio Volpe, head of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, said in November that the proposed U.S. incentives were “a bigger threat than anything pointed at us by Donald Trump.” Read article here.
Canada threatens new tariffs on US exports if electric vehicle tax credit approved
Mike Le Couteur, Global News December 11, 2021 Canada could be on the verge of another trade war with the U.S. Flavio Volpe explains how the controversial electric vehicle tax credit could potentially be catastrophic for the Canadian automotive industry. Watch here.
