By Canadian Press

Carney detours federal election campaign to deal with Trump’s auto tariffs

Mar 27, 2025 | 10:15 AM

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney is back in Ottawa today to deal with the fallout from new auto tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, as the Conservatives continue campaigning in British Columbia.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Carney said he was suspending his campaign plans for the day and would return to Ottawa to hold a meeting of the Canada-U.S. cabinet committee.

On Wednesday, Trump signed an executive order to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all automobile imports to the United States next week. But the deep level of integration in the North American auto industry is leading to widespread confusion about how those duties will affect the Canadian sector.

Carney is expected to return to the campaign trail this afternoon after this morning’s meeting; the Liberals had not published his itinerary by midday.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is scheduled to meet in Windsor, Ont. with union leaders and autoworkers “who are the target of Donald Trump’s latest attacks,” he wrote on the platform X.

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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is campaigning near Vancouver and is promising to boost the amount that Canadians can put into tax-free savings accounts, as long as the funds are used to support domestic growth.

He said he would allow Canadians to save an additional $5,000 each year, but only for “investments in Canadian companies,” a condition that a Conservative government would help define for banks. The current annual TFSA contribution limit is $7,000.

Poilievre will make campaign stops today in Coquitlam and Surrey, B.C.

– With files from Catherine Morrison.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 27, 2025.

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press