The rise of electric vehicles helped bring environmentalists and the Canadian auto sector closer together. Now, the threat of Chinese-made electric vehicles is pushing them apart.
A schism between the two sides came into view last week after the federal Liberals announced a 30-day consultation on how to protect Canadian auto workers from what Deputy Prime Minister Chyrstia Freeland characterized as a potential flood of cheap EVs from China.
It’s not a healthy market period and likely to collapse without China’s help.
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