The federal government is facing pressure from the prairies to drop the 100 percent tariff on Chinese-made EV's.
Those tariffs were imposed a year ago by the former Trudeau government at the request of then U.S. president Joe Biden.
To this point, the government of Mark Carney isn't showing any sign of budging.
Over the long weekend, China's ambassador to Canada aid Beijing was ready to drop tariffs on Canadian canola, peas and pork.
Both Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe wrote to the government that it's time to take advantage of the situation and end the tariffs on EV's to get canola back into Canada's second biggest market again, especially now that harvest on the prairies is essentially done and canola producers are wondering what to do with the crop.
But other premiers, like Ontario's Doug Ford have made it clear, the federal government shouldn't budge on the tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.
Federal Tory leader Pierre Poilievre has also stated, it would be a mistake for the federal government to drop the tariffs on Chinese-made EVs.
A recent report suggested Saskatchewan's canola exports to China dropped 76 percent in August compared to a year ago.
The Canola council estimates the tariffs have effectively closed the Chinese market which was worth almost 5 billion dollars last year.
Foreign affairs minister Anita Anand is planning to travel to China this week to meet with her counterparts. Prime Minister Carney has said he will travel to China "when it's appropriate."
