Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre asks a question during question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Dec. 10, 2025. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says a new deal signed by Ottawa and Beijing to reduce tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicles (EVs) will harm Canada’s security without guaranteeing relief for farmers hit by China’s tariffs.
The federal government announced Canada will reduce its tariffs Chinese EVs from 100 percent to the “most-favoured-nation” tariff rate of 6.1 percent on 49,000 EVs per year, after Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Chinese officials in Beijing. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said it expects this will “drive considerable new Chinese joint-venture investment in Canada” within three years.
