Chris Ensing, CBC News Nov 10, 2025 Because of how interlinked the North American auto industry is, APMA President Flavio Volpe comments that “vehicle assembly in the U.S. is at risk when things like this happen, whether they’ve happened because a company is refusing to deliver parts or because the White House makes the wrong move.” (Flavio appears @ 02:08) Watch here

Bill Carroll, The Morning Rush | 580 CFRA Nov 10, 2025 Bill is joined by president of the Auto Parts Manufacturers Association, Flavio Volpe, to discuss the legal case between Stellantis and one of its suppliers. He points to the court documents as a window into the intricacies of the auto supply chain between Canada and the U.S. It’s a “fragile ecosystem” where if a producer “can’t get those parts, it’s going to shut production in their plant.” Listen here

Chris Ensing, CBC News Windsor Nov 10, 2025 “When [U.S. President] Donald Trump says, ‘I want to have everything sourced in the U.S.’ and his administration thinks it can happen overnight,” said APMA president Flavio Volpe, "here's a world-leading automaker saying that for a very simple part, a rotor, it would be minimum 24 months.” Read here

Staff Writer, CBC News Nov 5, 2025 Flavio Volpe is head of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association. He said while there is opportunity to pivot to other sectors, it’s limited for businesses that work in automotive. “We have to be clear, defence volumes are much smaller than automotive volumes,” he said. Read here

Amanda Pfeffer, Ontario Today | CBC Radio Nov 5, 2025 Flavio Volpe, the head of Canada’s APMA, spoke on the intentions in the budget to increase spending on defence. (Flavio appears @ 33:13) Listen here

Adrian Ghobrial, CTV National News Nov 4, 2025 As the federal budget is released, Flavio Volpe comments on how the government could support the auto industry. (Flavio appears @ 09:06) Watch here

Todd Vanderheyden, CTV News, Nov 3, 2025 Flavio Volpe of the Automotive Parts Manufactures’ Association on hopes the auto sector will receive a boost in the upcoming Liberal budget. Watch here

Greg Durocher and Ian Mclean, Business to Business | 570 News Radio Kitchener Nov 2, 2025 APMA President Flavio Volpe discussing the latest trade war news and upheavals in the auto sector. He also speaks on the upcoming budget and how new industrial policies can help auto. (Flavio appears @ 06:52) Listen here

Deb Hutton, The Deb Hutton Show | Newstalk 1010 Oct 30, 2025 APMA President Flavio Volpe speaks about the ongoing fight for the Canadian auto industry in the face of American tariffs. (Flavio appears @ 22:57) Listen here

Eric Atkins, The Globe and Mail Oct 29, 2025 Flavio Volpe, head of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, told the committee the Brampton plants supported up to 10,000 jobs at nearby parts makers. Most of those jobs are gone. “We were all waiting for the Compass,” he told the committee. Read here

Michael Serapio, Primetime Politics | CPAC October 29, 2025 Flavio Volpe, president of the Canadian Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association discusses the future of the Canadian auto industry amid several plant closures and demands from the U.S. to build cars state-side. (Flavio appears @ 03:06) Watch here

Tonda MacCharles and Robert Benzie, Toronto Star Oct 28, 2025 Flavio Volpe, head of the Auto Parts Manufacturers Association, said with the main political players away from Washington and Ottawa at the APEC summit this week, he didn’t expect an immediate thaw. “And my general takeaway from everybody was nobody knows what the next step is right now,” he said. Read here

Matina Stevis-Gridneff, The New York Times Oct 25, 2025 “This is the latest in a series of unprovoked and unwarranted escalations in tariff policy with other sovereign nations,” said Flavio Volpe, the president of Canada’s Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, a trade group. Read here

Vipal Monga, The Wall Street Journal Oct 24, 2025 “Neither of those two approaches are hitting the mark directly,” said Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association industry group.  Read here

Steven Chase, The Globe and Mail Oct 26, 2025 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association in Canada, called the new 10-per-cent tariff the “latest in a series of unprovoked and unwarranted escalations in tariff policy with other sovereign nations.” Read here

Steven Chase and Laura Stone, The Globe and Mail Oct 25, 2025 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association in Canada, called the new 10-per-cent tariff the “latest in a series of unprovoked and unwarranted escalations in tariff policy with other sovereign nations.” Read here

Josh Rubin, Toronto Star Oct 25, 2025 “The president of the United States is prepared to tax his own citizens billions of dollars because of an ad in a World Series broadcast,” said APMA CEO Flavio Volpe. “Read that back and ask yourself what happened to the famous American checks and balances.” Read here

Antoine Trépanier and Joël-Denis Bellavance, La Presse Oct 26, 2025 Flavio Volpe: "The President of the United States continues to flout the authority of Congress in his desire to bend sovereign countries. If we are content to debate the strategy of whether it was justified to place advertisements during baseball games and to ignore the disappearance of counterweights within American institutions, we fail in our duty, "he argued in an exchange with La Presse. [Original in Fre

Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press Oct 25, 2025 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association, said “That’s how you get somebody’s attention. That’s how you put pressure on a decision maker to change their decision.” Read here

Mark Schiefelbein, City News Oct 25, 2025 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, said in a social media post Saturday the additional tariff will hurt Americans. “To be clear, a TV commercial is about to cost American consumers about $50B because he’s mad,” Volpe said on X. Read here