Made-in-Canada Cars to Be Sales-Tax Free, Conservatives Promise

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre pledged to remove the federal sales tax on new Canadian-made cars, offering his response to the Trump administration’s auto tariffs while trying to shore up support from workers whose jobs are at risk.

Poilievre — who’s now trailing chief rival Liberal Leader Mark Carney in opinion polls ahead of the April 28 election — announced the plan on Thursday, the same day US President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on auto imports went into effect and Carney’s government retaliated with import taxes on American vehicles.