Thinking clearly about the EV-canola tradeoff

Our auto industry leaders are still clinging on to solutions that are premised on American priorities, including the exclusion of all Chinese EVs from the Canadian market.

Canada faces a difficult choice: maintaining the EV tariff will mean favouring Canadian automakers in Ontario over pork, seafood, and canola producers in other provinces, write Bo Chen and Sen. Yuen Pau Woo. Unsplash photograph by Kylie Osullivan and Pexels photograph by Rathaphon Nanthapreecha

Opinion

BY BO CHEN, ISG SENATOR YUEN PAU WOO

October 27, 2025

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew has started an uncomfortable conversation for the Federation by calling on Ottawa to drop its 100-per-cent tariff on electric vehicles from China in exchange for the removal of Chinese duties on Canadian canola and pork.

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