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Ontario asks B.C., Quebec to drop electric vehicle targets
Ford says EV mandates fragment Canada’s market, risking jobs and investment; Ontario’s auto sector employs nearly 100,000 people, he said in letters to Quebec and B.C. premiers.
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford is asking Quebec and British Columbia to drop their electric vehicle sales targets, saying they make the country less competitive.
- Ford says that as the United States rolls back its electric vehicle policies, having sales targets in some Canadian provinces creates an uncompetitive environment.
- Both Quebec and British Columbia have scaled back or dropped previous goals of having all new vehicle sales be zero emissions by 2035.
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Elsie Lefebvre criticizes Doug Ford's demand and points out that electric vehicles represent an advantage for the Quebec economy.
In the face of U.S. tariffs, Doug Ford is asking Quebec and British Columbia to abandon their electric vehicle quotas.
EV sales targets in Quebec and British Columbia make Canada less competitive, Ford says
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says electric vehicle sales targets in British Columbia and Quebec are making Canada less competitive. He asked his fellow premiers to scale back their mandates as the country feels the effects of Trump's tariffs.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford asked his counterparts in Quebec and British Columbia to reduce their targets for the sale of electric vehicles, saying they are detrimental to the country's competitiveness.
TORONTO — Ontario's Premier Doug Ford asked his counterparts in Quebec and British Columbia to reduce their targets for the sale of electric vehicles, saying they are detrimental to the country's competitiveness. In the fall, these two provinces reduced or abandoned their targets [...]
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