Politics Insider: U.S.-made vehicles about to get a lot more expensive for Canadian consumers

News Snapshot:

Hello, welcome to Politics Insider, election edition. There are 20 days until voting day. Let’s look at what happened today. The Canadian government’s retaliatory tariffs on vehicles imported from the United States will take effect Wednesday. The move escalates the Canada-U.S. trade war and could increase the sticker price of U.S.-made autos by as much as 25 per cent. Steven Chase reports that the federal Finance Department announced the counter-tariffs Canada is imposing on U.S-assembled vehicles will apply as of 12:01 a.m. EDT April 9. Also today, federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is vowing to crack down on tax cheats...