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Poilievre Opens U.S. Tour With Detroit Auto Meetings, Previews Renewed Auto Pact

He frames the trip as a push for tariff-free trade using a proposed strategic energy and mineral reserve as leverage.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre arrives on Parliament Hill in Ottawa before a meeting of the Conservative caucus on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his wife Anaida Poilievre arrive at the Windsor Club on Friday, March 13, 2026.
MP Kathy Borrelli, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, MP Harb Gill and MP Chris Lewis are shown during a press conference at the Windsor Club on Friday, March 13, 2026.
Pierre Poilievre speaks with reporter in Windsor, Ont., on Oct. 24, 2025

Overview

  • The Conservative leader met auto executives from Ford and General Motors in Detroit after a Windsor news conference, with a planned Stellantis meeting not held due to scheduling.
  • He plans to unveil a renewed Auto Pact proposal in Windsor on Sunday that he says would eliminate U.S. tariffs on Canadian-built vehicles and align regulations across the border.
  • His itinerary skips Washington as he targets industry and state-level allies, with an energy-facility visit in Houston, meetings in Austin, and a keynote on Canada–U.S. relations in New York.
  • Poilievre says he will leave formal negotiations to the Canadian government while seeking public and industry support to bolster Canada's bargaining position.
  • The trip is funded by the Conservative Party and comes as U.S. auto tariffs remain in place and officials have resumed Canada–U.S. trade talks ahead of the CUSMA review.