Ontario's auto plants and the trade conflict

Program details and the tariff timeline recap in the closing paragraphs

A timeline of the August and September measures and the terms of Ontario's programs. It calls the September 8 instruments executive orders, and the White House calls them proclamations (s15). Used for the date of Trump's announcement, 'Two days later' than August 22.

Retrieved Sep 15, 2026. Original historical capture has not been verified.

Paragraphs 1-8 on the relief expansion and tariff timeline; shuffle passages

Same-day reporting on September 10: the relief expansion, the cabinet changes, and reaction from John Fraser, interim leader of the Ontario Liberals, and Green Leader Mike Schreiner. Its report that Carney called Canada a 'subsidiary of the United States' is not found in the Prime Minister's own statements and is not used.

Retrieved Sep 15, 2026. Original historical capture has not been verified.

Opening section and the paragraph giving the effective dates

President Trump 'signed five Proclamations' on September 8. The import bans take effect on September 29, 2026 and the product additions and removals on September 15, 2026. The White House calls the action a response to 'Canada's additional retaliation'. Raw copy: evidence/canada-us-trade-war/primary-raw-us/wh-factsheet-2026-09-08.html.

Retrieved Sep 22, 2026. Original historical capture has not been verified.

Recitals on Canada's motor vehicle tariff scheme; the effective-date clause; Annex I

The ban issued under the motor vehicles proclamation, effective for goods imported on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern time on September 29, 2026. Its annex is one tariff line, motorcycles with engines over 800 cc. It says Canada 'did not revoke its discriminatory motor vehicle tariff scheme'. Raw copy: evidence/canada-us-trade-war/primary-raw-us/proc-11063-motor-2026-09-08.html.

Retrieved Sep 22, 2026. Original historical capture has not been verified.

Paragraphs 1, 2 and 4

The customs notice that puts Canada's counter-tariffs into operation as a surtax of 15, 25 or 50 per cent from September 8, 2026. It says the surtax is introduced 'in response to the U.S.' imposition of Section 338 tariffs' and that each product's rate is 'generally corresponding' to the US rate. Raw copy: evidence/canada-us-trade-war/primary-raw-us/cbsa-cn26-23.html.

Retrieved Sep 22, 2026. Original historical capture has not been verified.

Counter-tariff announcement and support-package sections

Official record of the counter-tariffs (15, 25 and 50 per cent from September 8 on goods covering C$27.6 billion of US imports), the C$7.5 billion package for workers and businesses, and 'Other existing counter-tariffs against the U.S., including autos, remain in place'. Finance uses C$27.6 billion both for the US tariffs on Canadian goods and for Canada's list. Raw copy: evidence/ontario-auto-crisis/primary-raw/fin-2026-08-25.html.

Retrieved Sep 16, 2026. Original historical capture has not been verified.

Opening paragraphs and the list of the two 25 per cent tariffs

Canada's auto counter-tariff, in force from April 9, 2025: 25 per cent on US-built vehicles that do not comply with CUSMA, and on the non-Canadian, non-Mexican content of those that do. Canada's own shorthand for the US tariff it answers is a flat 25 per cent on Canadian automobiles. Raw copy: evidence/ontario-auto-crisis/primary-raw/fin-auto-countermeasures-2025-04-08.html.

Retrieved Sep 22, 2026. Original historical capture has not been verified.