Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew has finally gotten off the bench and is calling on the federal government to drop its tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

While other Western Canadian premiers have long been critical of the federal Liberals’ 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles because of the retaliatory tariffs they triggered on Canada’s canola industry, Kinew had been largely silent on the issue until earlier this month.

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That all changed when China’s Ambassador to Canada, Wang Di, made some important comments on Canadian national television, signalling that China would scrap its canola tariffs if Canada got rid of its tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

“If Canada removes the unilateral unjustified tariffs on Chinese products, China will reciprocate acco

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