Flavio Volpe, Toronto Star Jan 21, 2026 APMA President Flavio Volpe argues that tariffs, in the face of China’s heavily state-supported auto industry, protects Canadian manufacturing and that we should be clear-eyed about the dangers of peeling back those protections. He maintains that the deal should be “conditional and reversible” and that “Long-term market access for Chinese EVs must be tied to manufacturing in Canada with Canadian partners in Canadian facilities, employin