The tariffs threatened by the Trump Administration would not only be damaging to Canadian industry, they would be short-sighted and counterproductive for North America as a whole.

Prior to the tabling of the federal budget on March 28th, Accelerate had been very active in advocating to the government that it apply a strategic industrial policy lens to any fiscal response to the US Inflation Reduction Act. While it is important that Canada continue to attract the foreign direct investment that will form a bedrock for this industry, we argued that industrial policy for Canada must go beyond