Flavio Volpe, C.M.
@flaviovolpe.bsky.social
Lead APMACanada | Order of Canada | CEO of the Year | Macleans Power List | Proud Dad
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I’m going on CNN in 10 mins to talk about 🇨🇦 in case anyone is interested.
I’ll be talking about how intertwined we are with the 🇺🇸 economy, how much 🇨🇦invests in the 🇺🇸 & why a trade war doesn’t make sense for either of us.
I’ll be talking about how intertwined we are with the 🇺🇸 economy, how much 🇨🇦invests in the 🇺🇸 & why a trade war doesn’t make sense for either of us.
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Very excited that on November 14 at 2PM EST, I will moderate a webinar on N. American integration featuring Susan Helper, former Chief Economist at Commerce, Arturo Sarukhan, former MX ambassador to US, & Flavio Volpe, head of CA auto parts manuf. assoc. Join Us!!
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The USMCA Review: What Future for North American Economic Integration?
We discuss the future of the USMCA.
quincyinst.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Very excited that on November 14 at 2PM EST, I will moderate a webinar on N. American integration featuring Susan Helper, former Chief Economist at Commerce, Arturo Sarukhan, former MX ambassador to US, & Flavio Volpe, head of CA auto parts manuf. assoc. Join Us!!
quincyinst.org/events/the-u...
quincyinst.org/events/the-u...
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Should Canada take legal actions against Stellantis? It would be fair, believes @flaviovolpe.bsky.social, the president of Canadian Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association.
Full interview: youtu.be/rGDBVAYxXKg?...
Full interview: youtu.be/rGDBVAYxXKg?...
October 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Should Canada take legal actions against Stellantis? It would be fair, believes @flaviovolpe.bsky.social, the president of Canadian Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association.
Full interview: youtu.be/rGDBVAYxXKg?...
Full interview: youtu.be/rGDBVAYxXKg?...
Exactly, George. Exactly.
October 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Exactly, George. Exactly.
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And he’s mad over Reagan’s own words about tariffs!
October 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
And he’s mad over Reagan’s own words about tariffs!
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@flaviovolpe.bsky.social is 100% correct in this.
The Canadian response needs to be united.
None of this Canadian when it suits you garbage.
Everything Flavio says in this article is correct.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
The Canadian response needs to be united.
None of this Canadian when it suits you garbage.
Everything Flavio says in this article is correct.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
Canadian auto industry leader calls out premiers, urges ‘Canadian response’
The head of Canada’s automotive parts industry is warning against dropping tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, saying the move would jeopardize the country’s EV sector and send the wrong message dur...
www.ctvnews.ca
October 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
@flaviovolpe.bsky.social is 100% correct in this.
The Canadian response needs to be united.
None of this Canadian when it suits you garbage.
Everything Flavio says in this article is correct.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
The Canadian response needs to be united.
None of this Canadian when it suits you garbage.
Everything Flavio says in this article is correct.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
We won’t be gaslit. 🇨🇦
September 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
We won’t be gaslit. 🇨🇦
News today of yet another 90 day extension in the trade standoff the USA set off with China.
I continue to worry that if a ‘deal’ finally happens, it will be bad for US automakers.
China isn’t blinking and is not likely to make serious trade offs without gaining access to the US auto market.
I continue to worry that if a ‘deal’ finally happens, it will be bad for US automakers.
China isn’t blinking and is not likely to make serious trade offs without gaining access to the US auto market.
August 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
News today of yet another 90 day extension in the trade standoff the USA set off with China.
I continue to worry that if a ‘deal’ finally happens, it will be bad for US automakers.
China isn’t blinking and is not likely to make serious trade offs without gaining access to the US auto market.
I continue to worry that if a ‘deal’ finally happens, it will be bad for US automakers.
China isn’t blinking and is not likely to make serious trade offs without gaining access to the US auto market.
How many ‘trade experts’ had 🇨🇦 in the losing bracket because of Japan’s ‘deal’ with Trump & our lack of one.
Now we see the Japan ‘deal’ has no paper & no actual tariff ceiling. Japan & the USA don’t even have same read of the terms.
But go on.
Now we see the Japan ‘deal’ has no paper & no actual tariff ceiling. Japan & the USA don’t even have same read of the terms.
But go on.
August 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
How many ‘trade experts’ had 🇨🇦 in the losing bracket because of Japan’s ‘deal’ with Trump & our lack of one.
Now we see the Japan ‘deal’ has no paper & no actual tariff ceiling. Japan & the USA don’t even have same read of the terms.
But go on.
Now we see the Japan ‘deal’ has no paper & no actual tariff ceiling. Japan & the USA don’t even have same read of the terms.
But go on.
My mother would say that 🇨🇦 gave her peace & that she owed it peace back.
She was a lot of firsts but she always put us first & led by example.
When we went visit to her hometown, she wasn’t wistful. She bragged about 🇨🇦 to them all.
I never forgot that.
Happy Canada Day. 🎉
She was a lot of firsts but she always put us first & led by example.
When we went visit to her hometown, she wasn’t wistful. She bragged about 🇨🇦 to them all.
I never forgot that.
Happy Canada Day. 🎉
July 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
My mother would say that 🇨🇦 gave her peace & that she owed it peace back.
She was a lot of firsts but she always put us first & led by example.
When we went visit to her hometown, she wasn’t wistful. She bragged about 🇨🇦 to them all.
I never forgot that.
Happy Canada Day. 🎉
She was a lot of firsts but she always put us first & led by example.
When we went visit to her hometown, she wasn’t wistful. She bragged about 🇨🇦 to them all.
I never forgot that.
Happy Canada Day. 🎉
Great to talk to CBC’s The National about the need for Canada to seriously examine launching our own car company as the sector faces an unprecedented threat.
National ambition means we need to try to do the hard things.
youtu.be/gZ5rEx0Ge04
National ambition means we need to try to do the hard things.
youtu.be/gZ5rEx0Ge04
Is it time for Canada to build its own car?
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
youtu.be
June 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Great to talk to CBC’s The National about the need for Canada to seriously examine launching our own car company as the sector faces an unprecedented threat.
National ambition means we need to try to do the hard things.
youtu.be/gZ5rEx0Ge04
National ambition means we need to try to do the hard things.
youtu.be/gZ5rEx0Ge04
With the G7 coming in a week & a full spectrum of opinions on whether 🇨🇦 should be negotiating or retaliating with 🇺🇸, I offer this:
The question of whether we could trust Trump to honour a deal is not the right framing.
He’s not changing & he’s not going away. /1
The question of whether we could trust Trump to honour a deal is not the right framing.
He’s not changing & he’s not going away. /1
June 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
With the G7 coming in a week & a full spectrum of opinions on whether 🇨🇦 should be negotiating or retaliating with 🇺🇸, I offer this:
The question of whether we could trust Trump to honour a deal is not the right framing.
He’s not changing & he’s not going away. /1
The question of whether we could trust Trump to honour a deal is not the right framing.
He’s not changing & he’s not going away. /1
It was a great ovation on the floor of the Senate.
A moment of 🇨🇦 pride I will remember as a connection to everyone watching that speech.
Go Team 🇨🇦!
A moment of 🇨🇦 pride I will remember as a connection to everyone watching that speech.
Go Team 🇨🇦!
May 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
It was a great ovation on the floor of the Senate.
A moment of 🇨🇦 pride I will remember as a connection to everyone watching that speech.
Go Team 🇨🇦!
A moment of 🇨🇦 pride I will remember as a connection to everyone watching that speech.
Go Team 🇨🇦!
Great to be at the Throne Speech in Ottawa today.
I love this country and our traditions. 🇨🇦
I love this country and our traditions. 🇨🇦
May 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Great to be at the Throne Speech in Ottawa today.
I love this country and our traditions. 🇨🇦
I love this country and our traditions. 🇨🇦
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"The prime minister has challenged us to be more ambitious. Well, there's nothing more ambitious than a Canadian car company," @flaviovolpe.bsky.social (Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association) tells @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social #cdnpoli
Is now the time for a Canadian automaker? | TVO Today
Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association president Flavio Volpe says the auto sector is too vulnerable to foreign governments and corporations. Fixing that might take a new kind of ambition.
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May 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"The prime minister has challenged us to be more ambitious. Well, there's nothing more ambitious than a Canadian car company," @flaviovolpe.bsky.social (Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association) tells @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social #cdnpoli
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Auto representative @flaviovolpe.bsky.social’s fight over US tariffs has put him at the centre of a high-stakes economic debate. Here, he speaks to @cstarnino.bsky.social about what’s at risk for Canadian manufacturing when politics and production lines collide: thewalrus.ca/auto-tariffs/
May 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Auto representative @flaviovolpe.bsky.social’s fight over US tariffs has put him at the centre of a high-stakes economic debate. Here, he speaks to @cstarnino.bsky.social about what’s at risk for Canadian manufacturing when politics and production lines collide: thewalrus.ca/auto-tariffs/
We should have a national ambition to do great things after all this.
I believe that includes a 🇨🇦 car company. We have some of the best innovators in the world. We should unleash them.
That’s not meant to be Project Arrow, but we built 🇨🇦’s lighthouse & I’m damned proud of it.
I believe that includes a 🇨🇦 car company. We have some of the best innovators in the world. We should unleash them.
That’s not meant to be Project Arrow, but we built 🇨🇦’s lighthouse & I’m damned proud of it.
May 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
We should have a national ambition to do great things after all this.
I believe that includes a 🇨🇦 car company. We have some of the best innovators in the world. We should unleash them.
That’s not meant to be Project Arrow, but we built 🇨🇦’s lighthouse & I’m damned proud of it.
I believe that includes a 🇨🇦 car company. We have some of the best innovators in the world. We should unleash them.
That’s not meant to be Project Arrow, but we built 🇨🇦’s lighthouse & I’m damned proud of it.
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In this new Q&A, @cstarnino.bsky.social speaks to auto representative @flaviovolpe.bsky.social about how Donald Trump aims to protect the US's manufacturing industry but risks dismantling the very system that keeps the wheels turning: thewalrus.ca/auto-tariffs/
May 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
In this new Q&A, @cstarnino.bsky.social speaks to auto representative @flaviovolpe.bsky.social about how Donald Trump aims to protect the US's manufacturing industry but risks dismantling the very system that keeps the wheels turning: thewalrus.ca/auto-tariffs/
“Be calm, be cool.”
If we have the leverage we think we have, let it play out.
Go Team 🇨🇦.
/1
If we have the leverage we think we have, let it play out.
Go Team 🇨🇦.
/1
May 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“Be calm, be cool.”
If we have the leverage we think we have, let it play out.
Go Team 🇨🇦.
/1
If we have the leverage we think we have, let it play out.
Go Team 🇨🇦.
/1
The NDP are now just one game ahead of the White Sox.
April 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
The NDP are now just one game ahead of the White Sox.
Biggest 25 point comebacks in history:
1. Tom Brady, 28-3
2. LPC, 45-20
That’s all folks.
1. Tom Brady, 28-3
2. LPC, 45-20
That’s all folks.
April 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Biggest 25 point comebacks in history:
1. Tom Brady, 28-3
2. LPC, 45-20
That’s all folks.
1. Tom Brady, 28-3
2. LPC, 45-20
That’s all folks.
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🇨🇦 Your morning auto tariff reminder: Follow the math with Flavio Volpe
🎧 For our full conversation, go to Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
🎧 For our full conversation, go to Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
April 3, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🇨🇦 Your morning auto tariff reminder: Follow the math with Flavio Volpe
🎧 For our full conversation, go to Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
🎧 For our full conversation, go to Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
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Ten days until even more Trump tariffs slam into the Canadian auto sector, and Flavio Volpe says his industry is far from finding its footing in this new trade environment.
But one bright light? A made-in-Canada, 3D-printed EV named for the famed — and doomed — Avro Arrow.
But one bright light? A made-in-Canada, 3D-printed EV named for the famed — and doomed — Avro Arrow.
'Nobody's sleeping': Canada's auto industry is at a crossroads, says Flavio Volpe
In an exclusive interview, the leader of Canada’s influential APMA auto sector body talks about the US tariff impacts, his role on the prime minister’s Canada-US relations council, and why ‘Project Ar...
www.nationalobserver.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Ten days until even more Trump tariffs slam into the Canadian auto sector, and Flavio Volpe says his industry is far from finding its footing in this new trade environment.
But one bright light? A made-in-Canada, 3D-printed EV named for the famed — and doomed — Avro Arrow.
But one bright light? A made-in-Canada, 3D-printed EV named for the famed — and doomed — Avro Arrow.
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'Nobody's sleeping': Canada's auto industry is at a crossroads, says @flaviovolpe.bsky.social
Very interesting insights here, especially about how ‘Project Arrow’ could charge-up an all-Canadian EV www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/23/a...
Very interesting insights here, especially about how ‘Project Arrow’ could charge-up an all-Canadian EV www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/23/a...
'Nobody's sleeping': Canada's auto industry is at a crossroads, says Flavio Volpe
In an exclusive interview, the leader of Canada’s influential APMA auto sector body talks about the US tariff impacts, his role on the prime minister’s Canada-US relations council, and why ‘Project Ar...
www.nationalobserver.com
April 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
'Nobody's sleeping': Canada's auto industry is at a crossroads, says @flaviovolpe.bsky.social
Very interesting insights here, especially about how ‘Project Arrow’ could charge-up an all-Canadian EV www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/23/a...
Very interesting insights here, especially about how ‘Project Arrow’ could charge-up an all-Canadian EV www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/23/a...