About a year ago, in March 2025, the former industry minister, now finance minister, François-Philippe Champagne, in a response to a question on whether or not the Liberals would get rid of the 100% tariff, said:
We're going to stand strong....We want to protect our industry. We want to protect our workers. We want to protect our communities.
He also affirmed that China doesn't respect the rules:
They’re dumping products here, and cheap products, and therefore that would be hurting our Canadian economy and industry.
If that were true in 2025, has anything changed since then, to 2026, when that wouldn't be true? What does the policy reversal say to automakers and parts manufacturers that are already investing in Canada?