Doug Ford tells Canadians to ‘boycott’ Chinese EVs that will enter Canada as part of Carney’s trade deal

Jan 23

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Joshua Freeman, BNN Bloomberg

Jan 21, 2026

Reporting on Premier Ford’s news conference, APMA President Flavio Volpe noted that 50,000 vehicles amounts to a full production shift at an auto plant and warned that “those jobs don’t exist comfortably in this new world.”

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