Aaron Wherry, CBC News Oct 24, 2025 "I think we all cling to a model of behaviour of a president, out of comfort," Flavio Volpe, president of Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association, told CBC News on Friday morning, "and I don't know what good it does us now."There are, Volpe cautioned, "no quick answers." Read here

Larry Berman, BNN Bloomberg Oct 24, 2025 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss Trump halting trade talks and it's impact on the auto sector. Watch here

Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star Oct 24, 2025 “Most of us have a standard of behaviour for a president we still cling to out of comfort. I’m not sure what good it does us to pretend it exists anymore,” said Flavio Volpe, head of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association, following Trump’s late night post. Read here

James Politi and Ilya Gridneff, Financial Times Oct 23, 2025 “The president is thin-skinned, we know this. But I thought the tone of the ads were civil,” said Flavio Volpe, the president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association and member of the Canada-U.S. Relations Council. Read here

Ashley Burke, CBC National News Oct 23, 2025 The federal government is firing back at Stellantis and General Motors by limiting the number of tariff-free vehicles the automakers can import from the U.S. to sell in Canada. President of the APMA, Flavio Volpe, shares his thoughts. Watch here

Mariya Postelnyak, The Globe and Mail Oct 23, 2025 “They were given a bonus – a different status because they’re manufacturing here,” said Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association. But, he said, “What’s the point of bonusing someone to maintain their footprint if they’ve reneged on that covenant? It’s not an easy thing to do – it’s hard negotiation.” Read here

Renée Rodgers, CTV News Oct 23, 2025 Flavio Volpe, President of the Auto Parts Manufacture’s Association, says Canada has ‘revisited’ its relationship to the companies following the U.S. move. Watch here

Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star Oct 23, 2025 Flavio Volpe comments: “It is hundreds of thousands of cars that will now, again, be subject to a full tariff,” he said in an interview. “It’s a big, big move that will certainly garner the attention of the CEOs who, this past week, chose to end specific vehicle production in Canada while favouring their U.S. plants.” Read here

David Kennedy, Auto News Canada Oct 23, 2025 Flavio Volpe, CEO of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, said Ottawa should be prepared to pull the two automakers’ tariff remission allotments, granted this spring to companies that assemble vehicles in Ontario. Read here

Staff writer, CBC Radio-Canada Oct 23, 2025 [Original in French] Flavio Volpe, the president of the Canadian Auto Parts Manufacturers Association, believes that the government must send the message to manufacturers that there will be consequences if they retreat in front of the White House. Read here

Gabriel Friedman, Financial Post Oct 23, 2025 Other voices in the industry, such as Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association of Canada, have called for a Canadian-made and -built car. Read here

Greg Layson, Auto News Canada Oct 23, 2025 “Canadian automotive suppliers invest billions of dollars annually in advanced manufacturing work that helps keep this country globally competitive,” said Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association President Flavio Volpe. Read here

Eric Atkins, The Globe and Mail Oct 21, 2025 Flavio Volpe, head of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, said, “This is exactly how the Trump administration was hoping this would go. Ingersoll has gotten caught up in the trade war and his assault on the EV market.” Read here

Mackenzie Gray, Global National Oct 21, 2025 Canada's auto sector is taking another hit as General Motors (GM) ends production of its BrightDrop electric delivery vans at its plant in Ingersoll, Ont. Flavio Volpe points to the ongoing tariffs as a major factor impacting the industry. Watch here

Siobhan Morris, CTV News, Oct 21, 2025 The fallout from the GM announcement is reverberating at Queens Park. Flavio Volpe speaks to the need to reassess the strategy in dealing with the U.S. on trade. Watch here

Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star Oct 21, 2025 Flavio Volpe, head of the Auto Parts Manufacturers Association, said he understands the “potential appeal” of Ottawa wanting to expedite talks to relieve the 50-per-cent tariffs on steel and aluminum first and, as a Plan B, hold off on auto negotiations for later. But Volpe also warned that delays talks into July, and “even then the U.S. president could also walk away from that.” Read here

Josh Rubin, Toronto Star Oct 21, 2025 “I think this is very likely the end of production at Ingersoll,” said APMA CEO Flavio Volpe. “GM made a bad decision when it moved production of the Equinox from Ingersoll to the U.S. five years ago. In normal times, you can fix that, but with the trade uncertainty right now, it gives the company cover to close the plant.” Read here

David Kennedy, Auto News Canada Oct 22, 2025 Kennedy writes that “Flavio Volpe, CEO of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, began championing the idea in the spring, and a feasibility study into the concept is expected next year.” Read here

Ian Bickis and Nick Murray, BNN Bloomberg Oct 21, 2025 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association, said that the uncertainty caused by tariffs has likely contributed to the decision to simply end production, rather than replace it with another product.   "They could have put that Equinox production back where they took it from," said Volpe. Read here

Johnathan Juha and Brian Williams, The London Free Press Oct 21, 2025 “In normal times, (manufacturers) will simply fix their product mistakes within the plants they operate. However, with massive uncertainty in tariff talks, instead of assigning a new product here, they’re choosing to simply give it up,” Flavio Volpe, head of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association said. Read here